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The FRESP vision is to create a fully operational program that pays ranchers throughout the Northern Everglades to manage their water in ways that could:
  • Provide as much as a third to half of the estimated 1 million acre feet of water retention needed north of the lake complementing other regional storage and treatment options;
  • Contribute to attainment of the water quality goals for Lake Okeechobee and its tributaries by capturing and holding phosphorus on-ranch; and
  • Provide ranchers who volunteer to participate and document the services they provide, with a specified source of income over the life of a contract, contributing to the economic profitability of their ranch.