Area - 18,000 square miles. Population today million. St. Lucie Estuary & Indian River Lagoon. Kissimmee River & Floodplain.

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1 Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program Adaptive Management July 23, 2009 NCER Conference Andy LoSchiavo, USACE Jacksonville

2 Overview CERP Overview CERP AM Program Authorization and Funding CERP AM Development and Status CERP AM Governance CERP Monitoring and Assessment Program CERP Predictive Component CERP AM Challenges and Successes

3 South Florida Everglades Ecosystem Orlando Kissimmee River & Floodplain St. Lucie Estuary & Indian River Lagoon Lake Okeechobee Caloosahatchee Estuary Big Cypress National Preserve Ft. Myers Miami Water Conservation Areas Everglades National Park Biscayne Bay National Park Area - 18,000 square miles Florida Bay Population today million

4 The Goal

5 Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Includes 68 components to be implemented over 35 years Features include: Surface Water Storage Reservoirs Aquifer Storage & Recovery Stormwater Treatment Areas Seepage Management Removing Barriers to Sheetflow Reuse Wastewater Operational Changes

6 CERP AM Program Authorization and Funding WRDA 2000 Adaptive Management Provisions Authorization of six pilot projects Authorization of adaptive assessment and monitoring program - $100 million (Budgeted at $10 million a year for 10 years) Programmatic Regulations processes for implementing adaptive management (33 CFR ) Interim Goals Independent scientific review panel convened by National Academy of Sciences Periodic reports to Congress

7 CERP AM Program Development and Status 1992 to AM principles incorporated in Restudy efforts December Congress authorized AM for CERP November CERP Programmatic Regulations 2004 to CERP Monitoring and Assessment Plan and AM Strategy August NRC endorses the CERP AM Program September Draft CERP AM Guidance Manual Jan-April 2009 Ad hoc Interagency AM Issues and Options Team July 2009 Revised CERP AM Integration Guide

8 CERP AM Defined CERP AM is a structured process that helps improve the probability of restoration success by reducing uncertainty using science and a collaborative process. CERP AM Principles Provides a forum for stakeholder engagement and promotes interagency collaboration and conflict resolution. Employs a formal science-based approach to address the key structural, operational and scientific questions Allows for restoration progress by addressing uncertainty through learning Promotes restoration success by anticipating uncertainties during project/program planning and allowing for adjustment during implementation Incorporates flexibility and robustness into design and implementation Utilizes the most cost-effective approach to ecosystem restoration

9 CERP AM Integration Process USACE Six Step Planning Process Nine AM Activities For CERP Step 1: Identify Problems and Opportunities Step 2: Inventory and Forecast Conditions Step 3: Formulate Alternative Plans Step 4: Evaluate Alternative Plans Step 5: Compare Alternative Plans Step 6: Select Plans Project Life-Cycle: Design Project Life-Cycle: Construct Project Life-Cycle: Operation and Maintenance Activity 1: Stakeholder Engageme ent and Collaboration Activity 2: Establish or Refine Restoration Goals and Objectives Activity 3: Identify and Prioritize Uncertainties Activity 4: Develop And Apply CEMS, Hypotheses, Performance Measures Activity 5: Integrate AM Into Restoration Plan Activity 6: Monitor Activity 7: Assess Activity 8: Decision- Making Activity 9: Implementation and Refinement

10 CERP AM Governance Project Delivery Teams RECOVER Technical Teams Planning, Evaluation, and Assessment RECOVER Leadership Group and Design Coordination Team Quality Review Board Advisory Groups Governing Board and Project Review Board CERP Implementing Agencies Make Decisions

11 CERP Monitoring and Assessment RECOVER Assessment Team CERP Applied Science Strategy CERP Monitoring and Assessment Plan Conceptual Ecological Models Hypotheses- linking drivers, stressors, and attributes Monitoring Components

12 CERP Predictive Component RECOVER Evaluation Team Conceptual Ecological Models Hypotheses Lead to Performance Measures Predictive Models Interim Goals and Targets

13 Challenges of Implementing CERP AM Clarifying roles for decision-making and for implementation and refinement Stakeholder engagement and collaboration with non- agency stakeholders Establishing clear ecosystem restoration goals and objectives (endpoints) Integrating applied science Achieving institutional change that embraces AM principles

14 CERP AM Successes Legislative mandate for CERP AM CERP Applied Science Program CERP AM Strategy and AM Integration Guidance Successful evaluation and assessment reporting Initial CERP Update 2007 System Status Report Band 1 Options Report Pilot projects implemented Science and management feedback Independent scientific review Monitoring and Assessment Plan changes

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