Pictured from left to right: SFWMD Governing Board Member Ben Butler; USACE Lt. Col. Todd Polk; SFWMD Governing Board Member "Alligator Ron" Bergeron; SFWMD Executive Director Drew Bartlett; Everglades National Park Superintendent Pedro Ramos; SFWMD Governing Board Member Col. Charlette Roman; Eric Eikenberg, CEO of The Everglades Foundation; Adam Blalock, DEP Deputy Secretary for Ecosystem Restoration uses ceremonial shovels to throw dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) New Water Seepage Barrier Wall Project, in South Florida Dec, 15, 2022. (SFWMD photo)