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This week we salute WRScompass (Tampa, FL), recipient of a 2009 project merit award in the remediation/waste management category for ongoing success in implementing the Kissimmee River Restoration project. The project is intended to restore over 40 square miles of river and floodplain ecosystems, including 43 miles of meandering river channel and 27,000 acres of wetlands. Restoration efforts will re-establish an environment conducive to the fauna and flora that existed there prior to the channeling efforts in the 1960s.
The following are goals and objectives to restore the ecological integrity of the damaged ecosystem: re-establish historic hydrologic conditions; recreate the historical river/floodplain connectivity; recreate the historic mosaic of wetland plant communities; restore the historic biological diversity and functionality. The contract consists of backfilling 19,300 feet of the C-38 canal from the southern end of Avon Park Bombing Range to station 2173+00. Approximately 21,000 feet of new and existing river oxbows are being dredged. An earthen plug is being placed at station 2156+00 where an existing oxbow connects with the C-38 canal.
For a full list of EBJ’s 2009 Business Achievement Award winners, please visit www.ebiresearch.com/2009_EBJ_Awards. EBJ is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Business Achievement Awards. For more information, please visit http://ebionline.org/business-achievement-awards.
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