Improving the EAA Reservoir

Friends of the Everglades is concerned about the effectiveness of the EAA Storage Reservoir project planned for south of Lake Okeechobee, expected to cost greater than $3 billion.

In the News:

Everglades reservoir already is inadequate, and construction’s barely gotten started
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article273958180.html

It’s the $4 billion ‘crown jewel’ of Everglades restoration. But will it be enough?
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article272563080.html

Everglades reservoir underway, but there’s new concerns over whether it will work

Scientific Report —

The case for improving the EAA Reservoir.

Comments on the current reservoir plan for solving harmful algal blooms and restoring the Florida Everglades

Scientific Analysis —

An analysis of Progress

An analysis of “Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Ninth Biennial Review” National Academy of Sciences, 2022 by Dr. Tom Van Lent, PhD

Joint Comments—

Another industrial-scale plumbing project?

We hired a wetlands expert to examine the project’s effectiveness and articulated 20 concerns to the Army Corps of Engineers, outlined in the joint comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Central and Southern Florida, Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) below.

Historical Document—

“The Case for Buying the Everglades Agricultural Area”

A 1999 paper by former Friends of the Everglades board member and Miami Herald reporter, Juanita Greene, demonstrates just how long we’ve been calling for more land in the EAA.