JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (November 18, 2025) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District invites Project Delivery Team members, stakeholders, partners, and members of the public to attend a virtual Project Delivery Team (PDT) meeting for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (BBSEER) Project study on Tuesday, December 16th, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
“Please join the BBSEER Project Delivery Team on Tuesday, December 16th,” said Jennifer John, BBSEER Senior Project Manager. “The BBSEER team will discuss the optimized Preliminary Tentatively Selected Plan and present evaluations for hydrology, ecological performance measures, and water quality. We thank you for your continued engagement and your support throughout this iterative process as the team makes progress towards the Tentatively Selected Plan milestone.”
The BBSEER Preliminary Tentatively Selected Plan is intended to improve freshwater flows to freshwater Everglades wetlands of the Southern Glades, Model Lands, coastal wetlands and estuarine areas of Biscayne Bay and the Southeastern Everglades including Card Sound, Barnes Sound, and Manatee Bay.
Please join the BBSEER team for a virtual PDT meeting on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Tentative Agenda:
- Welcome and Introduction
- ALT32R Features
- ALT32R Hydrology
- PDT comments and Public comments
- Ecological Performance Measures
- PDT comments and Public comments
- Water Quality Evaluations
- Next Steps
- PDT comments and Public comments
- Adjourn
Meeting Information:
Microsoft Teams
Join the meeting now
Meeting ID: 993 874 958 393
Passcode: Kr653zP2
Dial in by phone: 1-601-262-2433
Phone conference ID: 160 977 88#
Virtual Meeting Instructions:
- At the beginning of the meeting, please sign in via chat, including name and affiliation.
- Please mute your phone unless you are speaking, and do not put the call on hold.
- PDT members should provide their full name and the agency or group that they represent when speaking.
- Members of the public will have an opportunity to provide comments during specified comment periods.
Jacksonville District is in the planning phase for the BBSEER Project, an important part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The South Florida Water Management District is our partner as the non-federal sponsor for this project. In 2000, the U.S. Congress authorized the federal government, in partnership with the state of Florida, to embark upon a multi-decade, multi-billion-dollar CERP to further protect and restore the remaining Everglades ecosystem while providing for other water-related needs of the region.
To meet BBSEER objectives, this study will identify, consider, and assess a comprehensive list of features and operational changes. The features and operational changes may include, but are not limited to, canal plugs and backfilling, structure removal, conveyance features, stormwater treatment areas, storage areas, seepage capture, treated wastewater, new levees or berms and controlled burns. During the study, additional measures may be added, and project locations and dimensions will be specified in the draft integrated PIR/EIS document.
The BBSEER Study considers six CERP components identified in the 1999 study known as the “Restudy” or “Yellow Book.” These components include:
- Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands
- Biscayne Bay Coastal Canals
- C-111N Canal Project
- South Miami Dade County Reuse
- West Miami Dade Reuse
- North Lake Belt
For additional information on the BBSEER Project please see: https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/BBSEER/
For questions, please send an email to USACE Project Manager Jennifer John at jennifer.h.john@usace.army.mil
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