September 25, 2025 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

thursday, september 25, 2025
9:30 am - 1:00 pm

South County Civic Center
16700 Jog Road
Delray Beach, FL 33446

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

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

7. RECOVER Update

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

May 14, 2025 - Working Group/ Science Coordination 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 March 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 - Working Group/ Science Coordination 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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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

October 30, 2024 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

Wednesday, oct 30, 2024
9:30 AM - 4:00 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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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whip-Around

3. July 23, 2024 Meeting Summary

4. Integrated Delivery Schedule

   • Draft IDS 2024 Placemat - For Viewing

   • Draft IDS 2024 Placemat - For Printing

   • Presentation - Draft IDS 2024 Update

5. Executive Director’s Report

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

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

8. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER) – Update

9. Task Force Directive

10. National Research Council (NRC) Report

    • Presentation

    • Highlights - The Tenth Biennial Review 2024

    • Full Report - The Tenth Biennial Review 2024

11. Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Gradient-Related Discharge in an Everglades Network (GARDEN)

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

13. Invasive Species Team

July 23, 2024 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

tuesday, July 23, 2024
9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center
3501 SW 130th Avenue, Davie, FL 33330

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whip-Around

   • COL Brandon Bowman Bio

3. March 20, 2024 Meeting Summary

4. Executive Director’s Report

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

6. Chairs’ Facilitated Discussion

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

8. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER) – 2024 System Status Report

9. Everglades and Big Cypress Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (REMAP) Update

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

11. Invasive Species Team

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March 20, 2024 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center
3501 SW 130th Avenue, Davie, FL 33330

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whip-Around

3. January 16, 2024 Meeting Summary

4. Executive Director’s Report

   • Task Force Reporting Requirements

   • Implementing Sec. 504, Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020 - Invasive Species Risk Assessment, Prioritization, and Management

   • Memo from the Invasive Species Advisory Body to the Working Group

5. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER)

6. Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK)

   • Indigenous Knowledge as Evidence in Federal Rule-Making (University of Miami Law Review Article by Edward Randall Ornstein)

   • Statement of ITEK regarding Historic Miccosukee Water Conservation Area 3-A Conditions (Letter from Chairman Cypress, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida)

   • Statement of ITEK regarding S-12 A and S-12 B Structure Operations (Letter from Chairman Cypress, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida)

7. Environmental DNA (eDNA) Analyses to Inform the Geographic Range of Burmese Pythons in Florida

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

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

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

11. Florida’s Coral Reef: 2023 Marine Heatwave Impacts and Response

    • 2023 Marine Heatwave Impacts and Response

    • Florida's Coral Reef: 2023 Coral Bleaching Response

12. Watershed Restoration and Juvenile Fish Communities in the Ten Thousand Islands

    • Will Watershed Restoration Impair or Improve Juvenile Fish Communities in the Ten Thousand Islands? (Presentation by Matt Kendall, NOAA)

    • What Controls Home Range Relocations by Estuarine Fishes Downstream from Watersheds with Altered Freshwater Flow? (Article by Matthew Kendall et al., in Hydrobiologia)

    • How Are Man-Made Changes in Freshwater Flow Related to the Abundance of Juvenile Estuarine Fishes? (Article by Bethany Williams et al., in Estuaries and Coasts)

    • Too Much Freshwater, Not Enough, or Just Right? Long‑Term Trawl Monitoring Demonstrates the Impact of Canals that Altered Freshwater Flow to Three Bays in SW Florida (Article by Matthew Kendall et al., in Estuaries and Coasts)

January 16, 2024 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2024

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 Whiparound

3. September 2023 Meeting Summary

4. Executive Director’s Report

   • Task Force Reporting Requirements

   • Implementing Sec. 504, Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020 - Invasive Species Risk Assessment, Prioritization, and Management

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

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

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

8. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER)

9. Open Discussion on Future Science Topics

September 6, 2023 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

WEDNEsday, SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
12:30 PM - 4:40 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 Whiparound

3. May 2023 Meeting Summary

4. Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI) Update

   • Cross Cut Budget and Integrated Financial Plan (IFP) Status Update

   • Implementing Sec. 504, Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2020 – Invasive Species Risk Assessment, Prioritization and Management

     • Presentation

     • WRDA 2020 Invasive Species Language Excerpt

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

6. USACE Program and Project Update

7. SFWMD Program and Project Update

8. Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS)

   • Presentation

   • IDS 2023 Placemat - For Viewing

   • IDS 2023 Placemat - For Printing

9. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER)

10. Second Periodic CERP Update

11. Independent Scientific Review Panel Memorandum of Agreement Extension Request

May 2, 2023 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) Virtual ZOOM meeting

Tuesday, May 2, 2023
12:30 PM - 4:00 PM

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG and SCG Member Whiparound

3. March 14, 2023 Meeting Summary

4. Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI) Update

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

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

7. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER)

8. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team (FCRCT) Update

9. National Research Council (NRC) Update

March 14, 2023 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Joint working group (WG) and science coordination group (SCG) meeting

Tuesday, march 14, 2023
10:00 AM - 4:15 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. Draft Agenda

2. Introductory Remarks

3. Meeting Summaries

   • September 1, 2022

   • January 24, 2023

4. Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI) Update on Implementing WRDA 2020

5. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team (FCRCT) Update and Approval of Vice Chair

6. USACE Program and Project Update

7. SFWMD Program and Project Update

8. Engineering with Nature (EWN) Program

9. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER)

   • Presentation

   • SCG Monitoring Survey (Map)

10. South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act 2021, Interagency Working Group for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Hypoxia Research Control Act South Florida Assessment and Action Plan

    • The South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2021

11. Continuation of Planning Session Follow-up

    • CISRERP Science Plan Recommendations

    • WG-SCG 1-24-23 Planning Notes

January 24, 2023 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

Planning Session to Kick Off 2023

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

10:00 AM – 1:00 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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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. Introductory Remarks

3. Kick-off Presentations

   • CISRERP Overview

   • RECOVER Overview

4. Public Comment

5. Planning Session Procedures

6. Open Discussion with WG and SCG Members
   
   
   

September 1, 2022 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. WG Membership and SCG Membership

3. Meeting Summary

4. OERI Update

5. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team Charter

   a. Presentation

   b. Approval of Draft Charter

6. Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project – Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)

   a. Presentation

   b. Placemat

7. WRDA 2020 – Invasive Species Risk Assessment Prioritization and Management

8. USACE Program and Project Update

9. SFWMD Program and Project Update

10. Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS)

    a. Presentation

    b. 2021 IDS Placemat

11. Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP)

12. Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM)

13. REstoration COordination and VERification (RECOVER) – Southwest Florida Module

14. National Research Council (NRC) CISRERP Report
    
    

July 7, 2022 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

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Please be advised that due to the current CDC status of high transmission of Covid infections for our area including Palm Beach County, the WG/SCG joint meeting is now going to be held virtually via Zoom.

MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. Member Whip-Around

   • WG membership

   • SCG membership

3. Meeting summary, September 2021

4. Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI)

5. SFWMD Program and Project Update

6. USACE Program and Project Update

7. Western Everglades Restoration Plan (WERP) Update

8. Restoration Coordination and Verification (RECOVER) Reporting Integration

9. Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS)

   • Presentation

   • 2021 IDS Placemat

   • IDS Workshops Blanket Approval

10. Florida’s Coral Reef Coordination Team

    • Presentation

    • Draft Charter

11. WRDA 2020 - Invasive Species Risk Assessment Prioritization and Management

    
    

September 28, 2021 - Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. Member Whip-Around

3. Meeting Minutes, May 19, 2021

4. Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI)

   • Tamiami Trail Update

5. Program and Project Updates

   • SFWMD

   • USACE

6. Restoration Coordination and Verification (RECOVER) Update

7. Integrated Delivery Schedule

   • Presentation

   • IDS 2021 Working Draft Placemat

8. Everglades Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (R-EMAP) Update

   • Presentation

   • Everglades REMAP Program Reports and Publications

   • Everglades REMAP Report

   • Spatiotemporal effects of interacting water quality constituents on mercury in a common prey fish in a large, perturbed, subtropical wetland

9. Coral Disease Response and Restoration Update

10. WRDA 2020 Directives

11. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Quarantine Facility/Bio Control

12. Invasive Species Lightning Round

May 19, 2021 Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

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MEETING HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

1. Agenda

2. Member Whip-Around

3. Meeting Minutes, January 2021

4. Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI)

5. SCG Chair and Vice Chair Nomination and Election

6. SFWMD Program and Project Update

7. USACE Program and Project Update

8. Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM)

   • Presentation

   • Governor DeSantis letter

9. Restoration Coordination and Verification (RECOVER)

10. Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (BBSEER) Project

11. FWC Invasive Reptile Rule

12. National Research Council (NRC) Report

    • Presentation

    • Report in Brief

    • Full Report

January 28, 2021, Working Group/ Science Coordination Group Meeting

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Meeting Handouts and Presentations:

1. Agenda

2. Member Whip-Around

3. Meeting Minutes, September 2020

4. Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI) Update

5. SFWMD Program and Project Update

6. USACE Program and Project Update

7. Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM)

8. Update on the SFWMD Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Program Science Plan

9. REstoration COordination & VERification (RECOVER) Update

10. Curtain Wall Update [Verbal update]

11. Recreational Fisheries in the Everglades: Status, Trends, Values and Ties to Restoration

12. Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Conservation

    • DRAFT - Recommendations on Water Flows and Habitat in the Area of Water Conservation Area – 3A and Everglades National Park

September 17, 2020 Working Group and Science Coordination Group Meeting

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Meeting Handouts and Presentations:

• Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives

  • Invasive Exotic Species

    • Progress since 2015

    • IES Framework

    • IES Snapshot

    • IES Case studies

    • IES Priorities

  • Integrated Financial Plan (IFP) and Biennial Report Update

• SFWMD Program and Project Update

  • First blast at EAA Reservoir

• USACE Program and Project Update

• Report to Congress

• Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS)

  • IDS Working Draft Placemat

• Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Conservation

• National Research Council Report

• WG and SCG Discussion Topics

• Preparation for Task Force Meeting

June 23, 2020 Working Group Meeting

Agenda

Members

Summary Report

MEETING PRESENTATIONS:

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1. Welcome and Introductions

   • Agenda

   • Meeting Minutes, February 2020

2. Member Whip-Around

3. Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives (OERI) Update

4. SCG Vice Chair Nomination and Election

5. SFWMD Program and Project Update

6. USACE Program and Project Update

7. Central and Southern Florida (C&SF) Flood Resiliency Proposed Study

8. Miami Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study

9. Evaluating the Ability of Natural Features to Enhance Coastal Resilience in Southwest Florida

10. Understanding Algal Blooms in Florida - An Educational Video Series

11. RECOVER Restoration Science Update

12. WG/SCG Discussion Topics

February 25, 2020 Working Group Meeting

Meeting Presentations:

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February 25, 2020 Minutes

1. Welcome and Introductions

   • Agenda

   • Draft Meeting Minutes, December 2019

2. Draft Task Force’s Top 5 Action Items

3. Tamiami Trail Next Steps, Phase 2 Update

4. SFWMD Program and Project Update

5. USACE Program and Project Update

6. Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS) alternative scenario

7. Invasive Exotic Species

8. System-wide Ecological Indicators – Appendix B of the 2016-18 Biennial Report

December 4, 2019 Working Group Meeting

Agenda

December 4, 2019 Minutes

Members

meeting presentations:

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Regular Meeting

1. Welcome and Introductions

   • Draft Agenda

   • Draft Meeting Minutes, September 2019

2. Director’s Report *

3. WG and SCG Priorities Update

4. SFWMD Program and Project Update

5. USACE Program and Project Update

6. National Research Council Report Update

7. 2020 Task Force Reporting Requirements *

8. CERP 2020 Report to Congress

   • Draft Schedule

   • Draft Outline

Workshop Session

1. Integrated Delivery Schedule *

2. Task Force’s Top 5 Priorities *

* No Presentations for these items