Two projects to improve the quality, quantity and distribution of water in the Everglades National Park in Florida—the construction of a reservoir and the raising of a portion of the Tamiami Trail—moved forward in June.
The Everglades National Park announced on June 3 that with the assistance of a federal grant it will lift portions of U.S. Route 41 in the Everglades that have impeded the flow of freshwater from the north into the vast wetland for 91 years. The next day, the South Florida Water Management District moved to begin clearing land for the construction of a 240,000-acre-ft reservoir in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA).