United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-10-24 monographic deposited born digital 69 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-5 P0b002ee18039c1c1 f:rc96005 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-5 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-5 RCED-96-5 Environmental monitoring Advisory committees Public relations National parks Natural resources Environmental policies Federal/state relations Interagency relations Land management Conservation Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project (FL) Florida Florida Bay (FL) Lake Okeechobee (FL) Everglades Agricultural Area (FL) Everglades National Park (FL) Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FL) Other Written Product RCED Pursuant to congressional requests, GAO reviewed: (1) federal efforts to involve nonfederal stakeholders in environmental restoration efforts in South Florida; and (2) the lessons learned about federal and nonfederal collaboration and consensus-building in South Florida that might be applicable elsewhere.<p/>GAO found that: (1) federal agencies have involved nonfederal stakeholders in their environmental restoration efforts in South Florida by making their meetings and draft products publicly available, establishing groups with nonfederal members, holding workshops, soliciting information from the public and then providing feedback on how it was used, and entering into formal mediation; (2) the working group of the Interagency Task Force on the South Florida Ecosystem includes state and tribal officials, but it does not include local officials and representatives of nongovernmental interests; (3) restrictions on and uncertainties about advisory committees have limited nonfederal interests in federal restoration efforts except those for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; (4) nonfederal stakeholders prefer to present their environmental concerns during rather than after the development of federal environmental proposals; (5) external constraints often dictate the extent of nonfederal involvement in agency activities and preclude a consensus on appropriate solutions; and (6) the most federal agencies may be able to achieve is an open airing and full consideration of all views within the constraints imposed by external factors. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-5/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-5.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-5/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-5.pdf GAO/RCED-96-5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-5 Other Written Product GAO/RCED-96-5; Restoring the Everglades: Public Participation in Federal Efforts; Environmental monitoring Advisory committees Public relations National parks Natural resources Environmental policies Federal/state relations Interagency relations Land management Conservation Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project (FL) Florida Florida Bay (FL) Lake Okeechobee (FL) Everglades Agricultural Area (FL) Everglades National Park (FL) Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FL) Public Law 101-605 Public Law 101-646 Public Law 102-580