eVergLades Restoration funding - FLA

PA — to provide part gap funding for the FLA eVergLades Restoration plan where vast areas of mangroves, river grass wilderness & coastal communities are presently at high level flood risk from rising sea levels and future more frequent and stronger hurricane seasons; where current levees and flood barriers L-31E levee, a flood barrier in Miami-Dade county, where they are now making their last stand!

Working in Local partnership with the following Local partners, may include but are not limited to

usa.gov

fla.gov

florida international university FIU

the everglades national park

miami-dade county

the Everglades foundation

( the plan — to part fund )

A restoration plan to divert water back to the Everglades has been backed by Congress but the area now faces the existential problem of sea level rise, which is connected to climate change. The oceans are rising rapidly at the largely flat south Florida coastline, around three times faster than the global average. Salt water is entering the Everglades from the coast and from underground aquifers.

Further Reading & info

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/02/mangroves-everglades-florida-rising-sea-level

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