Efforts to restore and protect the historic Everglades ecosystem are being led by the District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and many other federal, state, local and tribal partners. Many of the projects and programs associated with this partnership are part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).
Why Restore the Everglades?
Most of the seven and a half million people now living and working in central and southern Florida are living atop lands that once were a part of that vast, sprawling and interconnected ecosystem; known as the greater Kissimmee-Okeecbobee-Everglades ecosystem. We all have had an impact on this system, which today is about half its original size, and is threatened by habitat loss and pollution, as well as by changes made in where, when and how water flows through the system.
The system's healthy functioning is viewed as being essential to preserving a unique environmental legacy: plants and animals found in few other places which also is responsible for creating an environment beloved by people and an abundance of clean water. That's why the state and the federal government are committed to restoring and preserving what remains of the greater Everglades.
Canal & Structure Operations
CERP/Everglades Restoration
Northern Everglades
