Florida Water Forum Everglades Restoration June 3, 2011

1. Florida Water ForumEverglades RestorationJune 3, 2011

2. SFWMD Restoration Progress • C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project • Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands • Lakeside Ranch Stormwater Treatment Area (STA)

3. Restoration • Land Acquisition • Southern CREW Imperial River Flow-way • Purchased 26,800 acres of land from U.S. Sugar Corporation • $197,396,088 cash • Options to acquire 153,200 acres over next ten years • Kissimmee River Restoration • United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Herbert Hoover Dike Project • Public/Private Partnerships • Develop and implement Dispersed Water Management program

4. C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project • Improve the quantity, timing and distribution of water delivered to Florida Bay via Taylor Slough • Improve coastal zone salinities in Florida Bay • Construction began January 2010 • Frog Pond Impoundment - anticipated completion June 2011 • Aerojet Canal- anticipated completion June 2011 • Plugging C-110 and L-31E Canals - completed August 2010 • Pump Stations anticipated completion July 2011

5. Picayune Strand Restoration • 55,000 acres restored wetlands • 20,000+ parcels acquired • Project Components • 3 Spreader Canals • 3 Pump Stations • 100+ Canal Plugs • 227 Miles Roadway Removal Before After

6. Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands • Three Components • L-31E Culvert • Completed March 2010 • Deering Estate • Construction began March 2010 • Anticipated completion September 2011 • Cutler Flow-Way • Anticipated construction startSeptember 2011

7. Kissimmee River Restoration Project 1994 - 2014 • Acquire 102,000 acres of historical river floodplain • Nearly complete; $300 million invested • Remove 2 large water control structures • 1 structure removed • Backfill 22 miles of canal • 65% complete • Recarve 9 miles of remnant river channel • 60% complete • Rehydrate 25,000 acres of river floodplain • 60% complete

8. Kissimmee River RestorationCanal Backfilling Progress • 14 miles of C-38 Canal backfilled • 24 miles of continuous river channel restored • Approximately 15,000 acres of floodplain habitat restored Backfilled C-38 Canal Degraded Spoil Area Remnant River Channel Remnant River Channel New River Connection

9. Looking north at Montsdeoca Run and adjacent inundated floodplain in the Phase I restoration area. Sept 9, 2010

10. Looking south at Micco and MacArthur Runs at lower extent of Phase I restoration area Sept 23, 2010

11. Kissimmee River RestorationResponse: River Channel Vegetation Pre-restoration Post-restoration

12. Tamiami Trail Modifications • Corps awarded $81 million contract • Corps and Department of Interior funded project • Construct one-mile bridge, and raising and reinforcing more than nine miles of existing Tamiami Trail • Key component to restore historical flows to Everglades National Park • Construction ongoing

13. State and Federal Appropriations • Original Assumption for CERP: State and Federal appropriations for CERP would average $200 million per year for each agency • Federal government has appropriated $755 million through FY11 for CERP since WRDA-2000 compared with over $2.1billion appropriated by the State to date

14. Federal Appropriations • The Federal government recently appropriated significant funds for the CERP • Federal Stimulus Package – • Over $86 million for CERP restoration projects in FY2009 and FY2010 • President’s Budget for FY2011 (enacted) • $180 million for SFER restoration (includes $152M for CERP) • President’s Budget for FY2012 (proposed) • $163 million for SFER restoration (includes $80M for CERP)

15. CERP Project Authorizations • Currently authorized • Indian River Lagoon – South • Picayune Strand Restoration • Site 1 Impoundment • Melaleuca Eradication and Other Exotic Plants – Implement Biological Controls • Targeted for next WRDA • C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir • C-111 Spreader Canal – Western • Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands – Phase 1 • Broward County Water Preserve Areas

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