Restoration, Coordination, Verification (RECOVER) is an interdisciplinary collaboration of agencies, tribes, and institutions that conducts scientific and technical evaluations and assessments to improve the ability of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) to restore, preserve, and protect the South Florida ecosystem while providing for the region’s other water-related needs. ​

​RECOVER applies a system-wide perspective to the planning and implementation of the CERP and communicates and coordinates the results of these evaluations and assessments to managers, decision makers and the public.

RECOVER plays a critical role in organizing and coordinating the many components of the CERP. This mission is accomplished through three types of activities:

Evaluation: Evaluate the performance of project and program plans and designs using numerical modeling and other tools to ensure that they are fully linked to the system-wide goals and purposes of the CERP.

Assessment: Develop and implement an appropriate ecological monitoring program to establish pre-restoration environmental conditions and track and define ecological response as restoration progresses.​ ​Provide the system-wide science perspective necessary to ensure that projects meet intended objectives and guide planning and operations to maximize benefits to the natural system.

Planning and Integration: Identify and provide analyses regarding potential improvements in the design and operation of the CERP, consistent with the CERP objectives.​ ​Strive for consensus regarding scientific and technical aspects of the CERP.

RECOVER regional modules provide a system for organizing similar landscapes for identification of threats and restoration options:​
 

• Northern Estuaries:  St. Lucie Estuary, Southern Indian River Lagoon, and Caloosahatchee Estuary​
• Lake Okeechobee: Littoral, nearshore, and pelagic ecological zones of the lake​
• Greater Everglades: Water Conservation Areas and Everglades National Park​
• Southern Coastal Systems: Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, and southwest Florida coast ​
• Southwest Florida: Big Cypress Basin and southwest Florida coast