CH2M HILL will work in tandem with SFWMD to help enhance the natural region of tropical wetlands in Florida.
The Everglades, which once covered nearly 11,000 square miles of South Florida, is one of the largest US freshwater wetland systems and is home to dozens of threatened and endangered species. Efforts to drain the marshland for agriculture, development and flood control have reduced the Everglades to half the size it was a century ago.
CH2M Hill is also working with the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) on its watershed management programme—a multifaceted project to develop flood risk information for watersheds throughout west-central Florida. In February, SWFWMD awarded CH2M Hill four contracts to help in the management of water and water-related resources in southwest Florida.
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