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An STA covering 17,000 acres (69 km 2) was constructed in 2004, making it the largest environmental restoration project in the world. Fifty-five percent of the land necessary for restoration, totaling 210,167 acres (850.5 km 2), has been purchased by the State of Florida. A plan named "Acceler8", to hasten the construction and funding of the ...
Of the 109 projects, the authority is advancing 16 hurricane protection efforts, including 15 in the eng ... wetland restoration, and community resilience initiatives. Of the 109 projects, the ...
North Campus Open Space (NCOS) is a 136-acre wetland and upland restoration project (55 ha) in Goleta, California.Managed by the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER), a research center under the Office of Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), the property had been previously developed into a golf course.
The UW Bothell/Cascadia College Wetland Restoration Project is a 58-acre forested floodplain restoration site at the delta of North Creek in King County, Washington, USA. . The State of Washington bought the site in 1994 from the Truly family, and dedicated the land to the construction of the Bothell regional campus of the University of Washington and Cascadia Coll
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is the plan enacted by the U.S. Congress for the restoration of the Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida. When originally authorized by the U.S. Congress in 2000, it was estimated that CERP would cost a total of $8.2 billion and take approximately 30 years to complete. More recent ...
The creation of CPRA was ordered by U.S. Congress in Pub. L. 109–148 (text). [5] The CPRA's forerunner, the Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Authority, was restructured as the CPRA by Act 8 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2005 [1] when the tasks of coastal restoration and hurricane protection were consolidated under a single authority.
A large wetland in western Minnesota.. Over the past 200 years, the United States has lost more than 50% of its wetlands. [1] And even with the current focus on wetland conservation, the US is losing about 60,000 acres (240 km 2) of wetlands per year (as of 2004). [2]
A judge ordered the state to suspend any project activity and prepare a 'legally adequate' environmental impact report 'if it chooses to proceed.' Judge orders halt to Ballona Wetlands restoration ...