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WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002

The Department of Interior's role in the $7.8 billion Everglades restoration plan would be boosted under new rules the Bush administration is releasing.

The proposal still gives the Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Florida the lead. But environmentalists wanted the Interior to have more input.

The regulations were an update of a draft released in December that environmentalists had criticized.

Get the Story:
Environmentalists criticize new rules on restoring the Everglades (The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel 7/24)
Feds reveal new plan to fix Glades (The Miami Herald 7/24)
Everglades Project Revamped (The Washington Post 7/24)

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