May 14, 2025 - Joint Science Coordination Group/Working Group Meeting

JOINT WORKING GROUP (WG) AND SCIENCE COORDINATION GROUP (SCG) MEETING

WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025
9:00 AM - 3:45 PM

South Florida Water Management District
3301 Gun Club Road, Building B-1, Governing Board Auditorium
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whip-Around

3. Approval of May 2025 Meeting Summary

4. Executive Director’s Report

5. Second Periodic CERP Update (SPCU)

   • Vision in Fruition: Envisioning and Evaluating the Future With CERP

   • Assumptions for a Projected CERP

   • Modeling Results

   • Evaluation Methodology

6. Leveraging Everglades Restoration Initiatives to Improve Florida Panther Recovery

7. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Program and Project Update

8. South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Program and Project Update

9. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team (FCRCT)

10. Everglades Invasive Reptile and Amphibian Monitoring Program (EIRAMP)

11. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Best Management Practices (BMP) Manuals Update

March 19, 2025 - Joint Science Coordination Group/Working Group Meeting

JOINT WORKING GROUP (WG) AND SCIENCE COORDINATION GROUP (SCG) MEETING

WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2025
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM

South Florida Water Management District
3301 Gun Club Road, Building B-1, Governing Board Auditorium
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

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CLICK HERE to view the recorded webcast.

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whip-Around

   • Tribute to Billy Causey

3. October 2024 Meeting Summary

4. Executive Director’s Report

   • Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart’s Letter to South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force

5. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Program and Project Update

6. South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Program and Project Update

   • 2025 South Florida Environmental Report Highlights

7. Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) South Phase

8. RECOVER Adaptive Management Overview

9. An Evaluation of the Relationships between the Duration of Red Tide Blooms and Watershed Nitrogen Loads in Southwest Florida.

   • An Evaluation of the Relationships between the Duration of Red Tide (Karenia Brevis) Blooms and Watershed Nitrogen Loads in Southwest Florida Scientific Journal Article

   • Southwest Florida Nitrogen Levels Contributing to Red Tide Events Fact Sheet

   • Water Quality Trends and Eutrophication Indicators in a Large Subtropical Estuary: A Case Study of the Greater Charlotte Harbor System in Southwest Florida Scientific Journal Article

10. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team (FCRCT)

11. Invasive Species Team Update