The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, and the South Florida Water Management District joined other federal, state, and local officials along with stakeholders to break ground for the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir, a key component of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan that reconnects Lake Okeechobee water to the central Everglades. Pictured from Left to Right; Lt. Col. Todd Polk, USACE Jacksonville District; Mayor Joe Kyles, City of South Bay; Vice Chair Scott Wagner, SFWMD; Joe Negron, Former Florida Senate President; Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Col. James Booth, USACE Jacksonville District; Director Drew Bartlett, SFWMD; U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz; Adam Gelber, U.S. Department of the Interior; Secretary Shawn Hamilton, FDEP; Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation; Board Member Charlette Roman, SFWMD; Daniel Andrews, Captains for Clean Water; Jake Fojtik, Florida Farm Bureau; London Rotundo. (USACE photo by Bri Sanchez)