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Groundbreaking for Tamiami Trail Bridge - Dec.4
Nat. Parks Traveler: Nov.30, 2009
It'll be a short ceremony, but when officials gather (at 1:30pm) to mark the groundbreaking of the Tamiami Trail Bridge, they'll set in motion a construction project that should carry significant benefits for Everglades National Park. So significant, in fact, that even Interior Secretary Ken Salazar plans to be on hand for the (invitation only) groundbreaking.» Read more - -
Delayed Canal (C-111) Overhaul OK'd Miami Herald : Oct. 16, 2009
Fixes to a canal in South Miami-Dade were approved. Florida Bay has been too salty and sick ever since C111 was built.
The project includes 590 acres of storm-water retention ponds, 2 new pumping stations, and plugs in the C-111 and 2 connecting canals.
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Everglades to get water
relief from $81 mln bridge Reutersl: Sep. 29, 2009
The U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers awarded an $81 million contract to build a road bridge
that will help restore fresh water flows in Everglades National
Park, nourishing its ecosystem. 1 mile of Tamiami
Trail road blocking water flows to
the Everglades will be replaced with a bridge. » Read more - -
Lake Okeechobee Pollution Levels Spike Out of
Control CommonDreams.org: Sep.23, 2009
Current
phosphorus pollutant levels are approx. 4 times the legal
maximum level according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "There is a 300 square mile ‘muck
zone' on the bottom of Lake Okeechobee containing 30,000 tons of
phosphorus for which there is no clean-up plan". » Read more - - » Also in
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Purchase of US Sugar is
irresponsible TCPalm.com
Network: Aug. 20, 2009 It is likely that the $2.2 billion
requested cannot be authorized under state law - and the District
will not have the money for existing authorized projects. "Visions"
are cheap, projects are expensive, and delaying restoration for
obscure, undefined and illusive visions is irresponsible. ....
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Once-in-a-lifetime chance to restore
Everglades TampaTribune:
Aug. 16, 2009 There is a groundswell of support for the
South Florida Water Management District's purchase of land from U.S.
Sugar Corp. for Everglades restoration, When a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity like this arises, it takes vision and resolve to move
forward despite attempts by a vocal minority to throw down
roadblocks. .... » Read more -
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Delays, price hikes make a muck of $800
million Everglades project Palm Beach Post: July 10, 2009 Deep in the
cane fields south of Lake Okeechobee, a massive construction site
sits abandoned along U.S. 27, its dreams for the Everglades
unfulfilled. Bulldozers and earthmovers reduced a vast swath of
these 25 square miles to a gray moonscape .... » Read more -
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EPA: Deny 9 rock mining permits in
Miami-Dade Miami
Herald: July 8 , 2009 The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency has waded in against the rock mining industry's plans to
expand into 6,800 acres of wetlands bordering Everglades National
Park and Miami-Dade County's biggest source of drinking water. ....
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Excitement of Everglades restoration land buy
gives way to exasperation Naples Daily News: July 2, 2009 It’s been over a year since Gov. Charlie Crist
made a splash with his announcement the state would pay U.S.
Sugar $1.75 billion for 180,000 acres south of Lake Okeechobee
for Everglades restoration. The deal’s since been watered down
twice. The most recent iteration approved by the South Florida
Water Management District governing board calls for the
purchase of a patchwork of 73,000 acres for $536
million.....»Read more - -
How Much are Venice, the Everglades, and New
Orleans Worth ? "Accumulating
Peripherals" Blog: July 2,
2009 There may be no
Everglades in 100 years. The economic cost of that change to
US GDP is marginal. There will be no Venice in 100 years. The
economic cost of that change to US GDP is tiny. There will be
no New Orleans in 100 years. The economic cost of that change
to US GDP is extremely small. This is what economists and
scientists are telling us. But the worth of many precious
things cannot be measured in money - and by no ephemeral
indices like GDP. ....
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Which is it ? Pollute or clean Everglades
? Times Editorial,
Aug.20, 2009 While billions are spent to restore the
Florida Everglades, pollutants are still allowed to be pumped
into Lake Okeechobee that feeds Florida Water supply. The
canals collect runoff containing “a loathsome concoction of
chemical contaminants” that includes nitrogen, phosphorus,
un-ionized ammonia and various solids .... » Read
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Endangered Everglades BackPacker: July 1, 2009 You
know a park is in trouble when the Interior Secretary Ken
Salazar calls on the United Nations for help. This week,
Salazar will petition the U.N. at a World Heritage Committee
meeting in Spain to include Everglades National Park on a list of endangered World Heritage sites.
The current administration believes that this will send a
strong signal to environmentalists that they are committed to
the protecting the environment..... »Read more -
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