/NLE/CRSreports/06Jun/RS22281.pdf.... [expand]  [read report]
Abstract: Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, causing widespread flooding and significant infrastructure damage to 83 federal facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The General Services Administration (GSA) is the federal government’s primary real property agency, with 11 r.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Biodiversity, Wetlands

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its most recent periodic survey of changes in wetland acreage in March. Covering 1998 to 2004, it concluded that during this time period there was a small net gain in overall wetland acres for the first time .... [expand]  [read report]
Abstract: The 109th Congress, like earlier ones, may consider various wetland policy topics, but the precise direction of legislative activity is uncertain. Of interest are statements by the Bush Administration shortly after the 2004 election that restoration of 3 million wetland acres would be a priori.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Wetlands, Natural Resources, Legislative

The Modified Waters Deliveries Project(Mod Waters) is being implemented by the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in southern Florida. (See Figure 1.) For FY2006, the Administrat.... [expand]  [read report]
Abstract: The Modified Water Deliveries Project (Mod Waters) is a controversial ecological restoration project in south Florida designed to improve water delivery to Everglades National Park. The implementation schedule of Mod Waters is of interest to Congress partly because its completion is required before .... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Wetlands, Water