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National Research Council
CISRERP Update
5th Biennial Report
The Central Everglades
Planning Process
ECISMA
SUMMIT
DOI Team
Briefing
July 24, 2014
November
14, 2011
Carrie Beeler
U.S. DOI Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
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The NRC/CROGEE/CESI
Everglades Studies (2000-2005)
Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive
Everglades Restoration Plan (2001).
Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for
Everglades Restoration (2002).
Florida Bay Research Programs and their Relation to the
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (2002).
Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration,
the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative (2002).
Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape
Patterns? (2003).
Adaptive Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive
Everglades Restoration Plan (2003).
Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades: Risks and
Opportunities (2005).
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Committee on the Independent Scientific
Review of Everglades Restoration
Progress (CISRERP)
Independent Scientific Review: WRDA 2000, Section 601 (j)
Establish an independent scientific review panel convened by a body,
such as the National Academy of Sciences, to review the Plan’s progress
toward achieving the natural system restoration goals.
Produce a biennial report to Congress, the Secretary of the Army and
Interior, and the Governor that includes an assessment of ecological
indicators and other measures of progress in restoring the ecology of the
natural system.
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The First
Biennial Review (2006).
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second
Biennial Review (2008).
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third
Biennial Review (2010).
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth
Biennial Review (2012).
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Committee on the Independent Scientific Review
of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP)
Fifth Biennial Report Topical Areas:
• Central Everglades Planning Project
(CEPP)
• Restoration Progress
• Climate Change and Sea-Level
• Science and Decision Making
• Invasive Exotic (nonnative)Species
The inclusion of a focused evaluation of
Invasive Exotic Species, for the first time, is
recognition that it is an important piece of
restoration .
“An ecosystem teaming with invasive
exotic species is not restored.”
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CISRERP Recommendations in Brief
Invasive Exotic Species
• Noted a lack of coordination at a strategic level, however NAS is optimistic that the
TF’s IES Strategic Action Framework will be a major step toward achieving these goals
of high-level Coordination.
• EDRR system that addresses all areas, habitats and species is needed including more
monitoring , quick access to resources and capacity to rapidly respond.
• Need a system-wide mechanism for prioritizing research on management of invasive
species to help inform management actions.
• Research is lacking on nonnative species and their impacts to adequately inform
prioritization efforts.
• If eradication proves impossible, maintenance management and long-term control at
acceptable levels should be explicitly recognized as a goal in some cases.
• CERP Planning should consider implications of restoration activities for nonnative
species and their impacts.
• Long-term monitoring and research are needed to understand the potential impacts
of climate change on Everglades nonnative species management.
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Questions
To download the report go to:
http://www.sfrestore.org/reference_material.html
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