[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[March 5, 1992]
[Pages 389-390]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Kissimmee Basin 
Restoration Project

March 5, 1992
    The President is pleased to announce that the Federal Government has 
reached in principle agreement with the State of Florida to restore a 
major portion of the lower Kissimmee Basin. The project envisioned would 
restore 66 miles of river and 29,000

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acres of wetlands. It will help benefit over 300 species and create jobs 
in the process. We are prepared to agree to a plan which will implement 
this project in partnership with the State, with many of the costs 
shared fifty-fifty. Tomorrow, Assistant Secretary of the Army Nancy P. 
Dorn will meet with Governor Chiles to iron out the details. But we are 
ready to move forward with a project that is good for Florida's 
environment and good for its economy, too.