WASHINGTON - Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett will participate in a ceremony announcing an important step forward in Everglades ecosystem restoration on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. The ceremony will be held at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park at 10 AM. The Deputy Secretary will announce the Department of the Interior’s initiation and support of an effort to specifically determine additional modifications to the Tamiami Trail that are fundamental to restoring Everglades National Park and the greater Everglades ecosystem.
Remarks will also be provided by George Dunlop, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Mike Sole, Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Eric Buermann, Chairman of the Board of Governors, South Florida Water Management District; Kirk Fordham, Executive Director, Everglades Foundation; David Anderson, Executive Director, Audubon of Florida, and Nathaniel Reed, Everglades Foundation. After the ceremony, the media is invited to join leaders in Everglades restoration on a tram tour that will explore the Park with a Park naturalist to view the resource first hand.
WHO: Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett, and representatives of the US Army Corps of Engineers; Florida Department of Environmental Protection; South Florida Water Management District; the Everglades Foundation; Audubon of Florida; and the Everglades Foundation.
WHAT: Announce an important step forward in Everglades ecosystem restoration.
WHERE: Shark Valley, Everglades National Park
36000 SW 8th St. Miami, FL 33194
WHEN: Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
MEDIA: All credentialed media are invited to attend
Directions To Event
Shark Valley, Everglades National Park
36000 SW 8th St. Miami, FL 33194
Shark Valley is located on Highway 41 (Tamiami Trail / SW 8th St.) 25 miles west of the Florida Turnpike, exit 25A (from the north) and exit 25 (from the south).
From the Naples area, take U.S. 41 (Tamiami Trail) approximately 70 miles east to Shark Valley.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
