Water Management Plan: Turner River Restoration; Report M-621 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Water Management Plan: Turner River Restoration; Report M-621 The Turner River is a small natural meandering stream originating within the mixed cypress swamps of the Big Cypress National Preserve and eventually emptying into the Chokoloskee estuary in Everglades National Park. This 9 mile Iong river is special due to the relative paucity of such streams in the Everglades marsh and cypress swamp systems of south Florida. Experiencing the Turner River is to feel the jungle-like swamp hardwoods of its headwaters, the twisting and turning of its flow path through the open, wet prairies and the ultimate glide into the saline mangrove lined lower reaches as the freshwaters empty to the Gulf of Mexico. The river is still there today, lying within the jurisdictional boundaries established in 1974 for the acre national preserve administered by the United States National Park Service (nps), but it has been altered and is begging for remedial action to restore it to its full natural potential. Construction of the Turner Canal and State Road 839 in 1960 severed its upper drainage basin (figure and surface water flows, which normally contributed to the river's natural stages and discharges, now by-pass 2 miles of the river making this portion of the natural stream virtually inaccessible. Nps hydrologists began field investigations in 1978 with the objective to determine the possible hydrologic consequences of Turner River restoration. The results of these studies are presented within this report which also suggests alternatives for increasing water tables adjacent to SR 839 and SR 841 and improving surface flows to Deep Lake Strand. The report discusses the hydrologic effects of water quantity and quality and describes the pertinent technical reports, Federal and State Legislation and existing Water Management Policies which all point to the urgent need for river restoration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.