Science Seminar: Integrating Sea Level Rise Scenarios into Everglades Restoration Planning

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One of the world’s largest and most expensive restoration efforts is occurring in the Everglades, a subtropical freshwater wetland system in southern Florida. This unique ecosystem provides flood control for Florida’s large urban population, provides water for both agriculture and drinking, and supports several endangered species.

The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), authorized by Congress in 2000, guides federal, state, and local efforts to build the infrastructure necessary to bring more water into the Everglades and restore its ecological integrity, while balancing other water-related needs such as water supply and flood protection in the human environment.

The Everglades encompasses the southern coast of Florida, and restoration efforts are likely to be impacted by climate-induced sea level rise. However, currently, many project planning studies do not formally incorporate the potential impacts of sea level rise when evaluating restoration plan outcomes. Resource managers and project planners require methods and tools…