Item talk:Q227376

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center/science/ecological-modeling-support-lake-okeechobee",
 "headline": "Ecological Modeling in Support of the Lake Okeechobee Water Management",
 "datePublished": "March 11, 2022",
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     "name": "Stephanie Roma\u00f1ach, Ph.D.",
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     "text": "The Joint Ecosystem Modeling team will be running a suite of ecological models to evaluate scenarios and provide insight into how alternative restorations plans compare, indicate whether alternatives could lead to unintended consequences, and determine effects of alternatives that could conflict with other goals."
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     "text": "Methodology for Addressing the Issue: The JEM team will run a suite of eight ecological models using LOSOM hydrologic baseline conditions using downscaled hydrology data from the South Florida Water Management District. These models are: (1) Marl Prairie Habitat Suitability Index, (2) Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS) Helper, (3) CSSS Viewer, (4) (native) Florida apple snail population model (EverSnail), (5) EverWaders, (6) Small-sized freshwater fish density and associated days since drydown, (7) Alligator habitat suitability index (HSI), and (8) KiteNest. We will then run the models using a series of alternative hydrologic scenarios and produce visualizations of model outputs to assist with the evaluation of scenarios."
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     "text": "Future Steps: The outputs from our models will be used to 1) provide insight into how alternative restoration plans compare in terms of ecological performance, 2) indicate whether any alternatives could lead to unintended ecological conditions, and 3) determine effects of alternatives that could conflict with other Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) goals."
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     "text": "The Science Issue and Relevance: Ecological models facilitate the evaluation and assessment of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) provides ecological models tailored to address specific natural resources management decisions. The multi-agency REstoration, COordination and VERification (RECOVER) science team uses ecological models, or ecological planning tools, to evaluate the potential impacts of ecosystem restoration plans on species and habitats of concern. Restoration planning teams are interested in applying these models for the evaluation of alternative water control plans for the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and South Florida Water Management District initiated LOSOM to modify Lake Okeechobee operations within a new regulation schedule to be implemented when the rehabilitation of Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD), a 143-mile earthen dam that surrounds Lake Okeechobee, is completed in 2022."
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