Long-Term Plan Update

Everglades Protection Area Tributary BasinsLong-Term Plan for Achieving Water Quality Goals


Long-Term Plan UpdateLong-Term Plan Update

Options for Accelerating Recovery of Phosphorus Impacted Areas in the

Florida Everglades

February 28, 2006Long-Term Plan Annual Update

Jamie L. SerinoDirector, Everglades Division

SFWMD



Options for Options for Accelerating RecoveryAccelerating Recovery

Problems:

Phosphorus (P) enriched discharges into the EPA Human-mediated changes to hydrologic patterns BMP and STAs address the source of P However, sediments in the impacted areas of the

Everglades are enriched in P Monotypic stands of cattail have resulted which are

dependent on the high levels of P This sediment will continue to be is a source of P for

cattail for decades







Approach:

Conduct research to answer questions related to accelerating the recovery of cattail impacted areas

SFWMD scientists developed research projects to address the issue: Fire Project The Cattail Habitat Improvement Project (CHIP)

These projects were presented at an “Options for Accelerating Recovery” Scientific and Public Workshop

The projects were then reviewed by an external panel of expert scientists




Outcome:

A detailed Research Plan




Projects Personnel:

Everglades Division Director (Jamie L. Serino) Project Manager for Accelerated Recovery (Thomas W. Dreschel)

Fire Project Scientists (PI: ShiLi Miao)

Cattail Habitat Improvement Project Scientists (PIs: Susan Newman, Scot Hagerthey, Mark Cook)



Long Term Plan UpdateLong Term Plan Update

Ecological effects of fire and natural recovery in a phosphorus (P)-enriched

Everglades wetland (Fire Project)

ShiLi Miao



Fire ProjectFire Project

Objectives:

To assess whether repeated fire can be used as an effective management tool to manage cattail expansion




Project design: Six 300 m X 300 m plots within WCA2A

300 m300 m

300

m30

0 m




Project Status:Completed Tasks

Site selection Walkway construction Coordination with

outside labs and agencies

Methods testing for sampling procedures




Water

qualityBiomass

harvest

Plant

growthSoil

study

Studies Initiated:

Seed bank




Upcoming events in 2006:

Continued pre-burn sampling and studies First burn implementation Post-burn sampling Initiation of decomposition study Initiation of native vegetation recruitment study Public outreach



Long Term Plan UpdateLong Term Plan Update

The Cattail Habitat Improvement Project

Sue Newman, Scot Hagerthey, and Mark Cook



Cattail Habitat Cattail Habitat Improvement ProjectImprovement Project

Objectives:

To determine the effects of large scale cattail removal on ecosystem structure (plants and animals) and function (e.g., nutrient cycling)




Project design: Created fifteen 250 m X 250

m plots within WCA2A Six plots in an enriched

area; three open plots and three control plots

Six plots in a transitional area; three open plots and three control plots

Three plots in an unenriched area; all control plots




250

m

Airboat Maintained Buffer (in open plots only)

Grab & Tube Samples

Autosampler

Hydrolab

Met Station

Designated Paths

Fish Sampling

Predefined Sampling Area

N

Staging Platform




Project Status: Pre-burn construction:

Fifteen wooden platforms (4X4 m) Nine wooden walkways (100 m) Six control plot metal sampling

platforms Six open plot metal sampling

platforms Completion of firebreaks around

open plots




Project status Completed tasks:

Protocol selection for each attribute

Pre/post burn water quality and herbicide monitoring design complete

Everglades Research Database Production attributes assigned

Coordinated with analytical labs and state agencies for sample analysis




Upcoming events in 2006: Continued maintenance of fire

breaks Herbicide application in open

plots in May Controlled back burn of open

plots in June Water quality and herbicide

monitoring begins in May Protocol verification and

refinement (inverts and fish) Construction of last six walkways

in open plots after the burn Public outreach




Accelerate Recovery of Impacted Areas

Tracey Piccone, P.E.



Alternatives Analysis & Plan Alternatives Analysis & Plan FormulationFormulation

Project Manager: TBD

Project Description: Conduct a full alternatives analysis and develop a plan

formulation of management scenarios for accelerating recovery of impacted areas of the Everglades Protection Area.

Prepare report summarizing risks and benefits associated with different management scenarios



Alternatives Analysis & Plan Alternatives Analysis & Plan FormulationFormulation

Status

Work not scheduled to start until FY08 Plan includes recommended funding of $400,000



Hydropattern RestorationHydropattern Restoration

Project Manager: Tracey Piccone

Project Description: Restore a sheet flow approximation to various areas

along the northerly boundary of the Everglades Protection Area

Structural modifications and components to allow delivery of STA discharges to WCA-2A, East WCA-3A and West WCA-3A via a sheet flow approximation



Hydropattern RestorationHydropattern Restoration

Status

Work not scheduled to start until FY2009 Construction complete by end of FY2012



Implement Steps to Accelerate Recovery Implement Steps to Accelerate Recovery of Impacted Areasof Impacted Areas


Project Description: Implement the most promising techniques to

accelerate recovery of the impacted areas in the EPA



Implement Steps to Accelerate Implement Steps to Accelerate Recovery of Impacted AreasRecovery of Impacted Areas

Status

Work not scheduled to start until FY2010 Construction complete by end of FY2014



Adaptive ImplementationAdaptive Implementation


Project Description: To implement additional enhancements and

modifications resulting from the PDE process that can be implemented within the existing footprints of the ECP STAs, or added to CERP projects as a locally preferred option to enhance their water quality performance

Plan includes recommended funding of $36 million




Status

Plan recommended funding of $9 million per year starting in FY2007 and ending in FY2010 Unused FY04 funds from other Long-Term Plan

projects were transferred to this project to assist with the surveying phase of the Bolles and Cross Canal Improvements Project (first minor revision to the Plan)

In FY05, funds were budgeted and used for the EAA Regional Feasibility Study



As part of proposed revision to LTP, FY06 funds not needed for two projects will be used for Adaptive Implementation activities

Real Time TP monitoring at STAs Vegetation Management Strategies BMPs in District Canals STA-1W Cell 5 drawdown/enhancements





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