Largest Ecological Restoration In American History
31 December 2001 - 12:00pm
Environmentalists charge that the Bush administration's plan to restore the Florida Everglades lacks important details.
"A draft of the plan, released Friday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lead federal agency in the $8 billion project, sketches a scheme to remove canals, build pumps, dig reservoirs and track impact on wildlife. But it also sets no deadlines, gives few specific goals and allows Florida wide latitude in calling the shots in the largest ecological restoration in American history."
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Glades renewal blueprint drawing criticism
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The Miami Herald, December 30, 2001
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