Everglades Restoration Timeline

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The Florida Legislature Creates the Save Our Everglades Trust Fund (373.472, Fla. Stat.)

The Save Our Everglades Trust Fund is established within the Department of Environmental Protection.  The funds are to be spent on implementing CERP, as well as other projects including the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Protection Plan, the Caloosahatchee River Watershed Protection Plan, and St. Lucie River Watershed Protection Plan, among others.