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Appendix G: Conflict Resolution in the Florida Everglades
Pages 146-147

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... With the concurrence of the Corps and the three other agencies involved Everglades National Park, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the South Florida Water Management District the Institute has taken a phased approach to the conflict-resolution effort, beginning with an assessment of the conflict situation followed by an initial meeting with the leadership of the four agencies. This initial interagency meeting was used to assess the agencies' individual and collective interests in pursuing a collaborative conflict-resolution effort and to determine appropriate next steps if there was sufficient mutual commitment to proceed.
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From page 147...
... that clarifies the roles of the four agencies in the CSOP ElS process and affirms their commitment to complete the ETS using a collaborative approach CSOP's purpose and objectives the base condition to which CSOP alternatives will be compared the need for a new hydrologic model to assist in evaluating impacts of various CSOP alternatives (the agencies have jointly developed the scope of work, they have agreed to share the cost of development of the new model, and they will sit together as an interagency selection committee to review and evaluate proposals) the sequence of modeling activities for the CSOP process Each step in the NEPA process, from identification and evaluation of alternatives through selection of a preferred alternative, will be addressed through the collaborative process.
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