Army Corps delays key Everglades restoration project - Sun Sentinel

Andy Reid writes about some bad news in the effort to re-direct water south towards the Everglades. Click title for link.

Federal officials on Tuesday potentially derailed a nearly $2 billion plan intended to help the Everglades and curb coastal water pollution.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Review Board, in an unexpected move, refused to sign off on the Central Everglades plan, which would redirect more Lake Okeechobee water south to replenish Florida's famed "River of Grass."
That postponement threatens to torpedo efforts to convince Congress to split the $2 billion cost with the state to help restore lake water flows to the Everglades – cut off by decades of drainage to make way for South Florida development and farming.
The Everglades Foundation environmental group called the delay "a staggering failure of duty and responsibility" that threatens to set back the Central Everglades plan for years.