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South Florida Ecosystem Restoration: A Land Acquisition Plan Is Needed to Supplement the Strategic Plan Being Developed

T-RCED-00-137 Published: Apr 05, 2000. Publicly Released: Apr 05, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of the Interior's actions in response to previous GAO recommendations to improve the management of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Initiative, focusing on what: (1) the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force has done to identify and acquire lands needed to accomplish the goals of the restoration initiative; and (2) Interior did to help ensure that it maximized the acreage purchased with $200 million set aside in the 1996 Farm Bill for the initiative.

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Cost sharing (finance)Dispute settlementsEnvironmental monitoringEnvironmental policiesstate relationsLand managementProcurement planningReal property acquisitionStrategic planningWater resources conservation