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Now Here! (Looking for past Featured News?) Events/Outreach Get ready! GEER 2010: The Greater Everglades: A Living Laboratory of Change Planning, Policy and Science Meeting, July 12-16, 2010, Naples, Florida Audio Slideshow: Summer Fieldwork in Everglades National Park: A Pictorial Overview from a USGS Intern. Cruising through tidal creeks, sampling mangrove sites, pulling sediment cores, and avoiding swarms of mosquitoes are all in a day's work for scientists conducting studies in the Everglades. USGS Public Lecture Series: Science Through Imagery "Knee-high to Bird's Eye: Multi-scale Remote Sensing of Vegetation Dynamics." Dr. John Jones, an expert in remote sensing, discusses several projects in the Shenandoah National Park and the Everglades. Learn how science from satellites can help decision-makers address issues related to climate change, water resources, and habitat conditions. View the video online. Did you miss it? 3rd National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration: "The Spirit of Cooperation" Held July 20-24, 2009 - Los Angeles, CA Publications Search Try our publications search - over 800 records are ready for searching by author and/or topic and/or type... Search away! New Publications The South Florida Ecosystem Portfolio Model—A Map-Based Multicriteria Ecological, Economic, and Community Land-Use Planning Tool (USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5181) Estimation of Missing Water-Level Data for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN): USGS Open-File Report 2009–1120 Red-Rimmed Melania (Melanoides tuberculatus) - A Snail in Biscayne National Park, Florida - Harmful Invader or Just a Nuisance? (USGS Fact Sheet 2008-3006) New Paper: Surface-water Transport of Suspended Matter Through Wetland Vegetation of the Florida Everglades New Data South Florida Hydrology Data Download Hydrologic data collected along Interstate-75/State Road 29 corridor in Big Cypress National Preserve Lake Okeechobee Hydrological Data (includes some data back to 1931)

Last updated: February 02, 2010 Featured Websites Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) for Support of Biological and Ecological Assessments October rainfall data posted 2009 Q3 provisional data released Salinity data links added UF News Release: "New water-depth evaluation system will aid Everglades research, UF study show" Palm Beach Post: "Project to map Everglades water levels aims to protect wildlife" Water Year 08 final surfaces released New Publication: Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Applications: Tools to View, Extract, Plot, and Manipulate EDEN Data Learn about the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge's Enhanced Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program Everglades National Park Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative (CESI) website now available! The South Florida Watershed Journal: a daily passport into the inner realm of south Florida's water cycle and interconnected watersheds Sign up for "SOFIA News": Read the December Issue SOFIA News is a FREE email update of new postings on the USGS South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) website. Learn more... Free South Florida Screensavers! Download your choice of two different screensavers. Don't forget to visit: Visit South Florida without leaving your house! Kids: explore, play games, and download coloring sheets

Welcome to the South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) Website. South Florida is one of several study areas within USGS Priority Ecosystems Science (PES; formerly "Place-Based Studies"). PES was established to enable the USGS to enhance its scientific assistance to resource managers who require an improved scientific information base to resolve or prevent complex resource conflicts or environmental problems in specific ecosystem sites.