Volume I, The South Florida Environment, provides data summaries for all major ecosystems in South Florida during Water Year 2005 and highlights the District’s financial resources management during Fiscal Year 2005. In 13 chapters, this volume includes all of the 2005 SFER topics, with expanded coverage of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), and continues the overall objective to summarize available data and findings relating to the Everglades restoration effort. It also includes coverage of Lake Okeechobee, the Kissimmee River and Upper Chain of Lakes, and coastal ecosystems in South Florida.

Volume II, District Annual Plans and Reports, summarizes the planning and project status for six annual reports required under various regulatory mandates. In this year’s SFER, the Volume II content has been modified to include annual reports required by all five water management districts in Florida. These reports are the Fiscal Year 2005 Annual Work Plan Report; 2006 Minimum Flows and Levels Priority List and Schedule; Five-Year Capital Improvements Plan; Water Supply; Florida Forever Work Plan, 2006 Annual Update; and Mitigation Donation Annual Report.

Overall, the SFER is a resource used by the South Florida Water Management District and Florida Department of Environmental Protection for supporting decisions that affect implementation of District-related projects (e.g., Everglades Construction Project and Lake Okeechobee Construction Project) and other related activities. This comprehensive report continues to represent an important step in communicating both technical and project-related information and in determining future reporting efforts by the South Florida Water Management District as well as other water management districts.

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