Audubon Florida was present at today’s groundbreaking for the North Detention Area, one of the final remaining components of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ C-111 South Dade Project. This important restoration project will reduce seepage of water into urban areas and increase water flows into the wetlands of Everglades National Park.

For more information about this important restoration project and its ecological benefits for wading birds and other Everglades wildlife, please download Audubon Florida’s fact sheet: http://bit.ly/1O5qhWh.

The following is a statement from Eric Draper, Audubon Florida Executive Director:

“The C-111 South Dade project will deliver long hoped-for benefits to Everglades National Park, while protecting urban areas from the effects of moving more freshwater into the natural system. Restoration efforts are starting to pay off in America’s Everglades. This important foundation project will provide infrastructure needed to increase freshwater flows in the future and will improve hydrology in Taylor Slough. Audubon is proud to be part of the effort to win authorization and funding for more restoration projects.”