Northern Everglades Watershed Protection Plans (WPPs)

September 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
NEEPP Annual Public Workshop
This workshop will be held by the Coordinating Agencies at the District’s Headquarters in West Palm Beach to collectively summarize our agencies’ NEEPP key accomplishments and progress made over the past year. During this in-person event, there will also be an Open House with posters where Coordinating Agencies staff will be available to share the latest information, engage with the public/stakeholders, and answer questions on NEEPP-specific topics of interest. Further details will be web-posted once available.

• November 18, 2024, 9:00 am:
  NEEPP Annual Public Workshop
  Held by the Coordinating Agencies at the District’s Headquarters in West Palm Beach to collectively summarize our agencies’ NEEPP key accomplishments and progress made over the past year. During this in-person event, there will also be an Open House with posters where staff from the Coordinating Agencies will be available to share the latest information, engage with the public and stakeholders, and answer questions on NEEPP-specific topics of interest. Meeting agenda and related materials are posted below.
  • Meeting Agenda
  • Meeting Presentations
  • Meeting Posters
     
• September 22, 2023, 9:00 am: Coordinating Agencies’ workshop on Progress Update on the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP), to be held in-person and via Zoom. During the workshop, there will also be an Open House for the public/stakeholders to have an opportunity to discuss NEEPP-related topics of interest with the Coordinating Agencies.
  • Meeting Agenda and Registration
  • Meeting Presentation
  • Meeting Posters
  • Meeting Video
     
• September 2, 2020, 2:00 pm: Zoom virtual workshop on Caloosahatchee River Watershed Protection Plan Update
  • Meeting Agenda and Registration
  • Meeting Handouts
  • Meeting Presentation
  • Meeting Video
  • Meeting Menti Results
• August 28, 2020, 1:00 pm: Zoom virtual workshop on St. Lucie River Watershed Protection Plan Update
  • Meeting Agenda and Registration
  • Meeting Handouts
  • Meeting Presentation
  • Meeting Video
  • Meeting Menti Results
• July 21, 2020, 9:00 am: Zoom virtual workshop on Lake Okeechobee Watershed Protection Plan Update
  • Meeting Agenda and Registration
  • Meeting Handouts
  • Meeting Presentation
  • Meeting Video
  • Meeting Menti Results
• June 26, 2020, 2:00 pm: Zoom virtual kickoff workshop on Northern Everglades Watershed Protection Plan Updates
  • Meeting Agenda and Registration
  • Meeting Presentation
  • Meeting Video

• Caloosahatchee River Watershed, West Caloosahatchee Basin Assessment (SFWMD, October 2024)
• Focus Area Assessment Report: West Caloosahatchee Basin (SFWMD, October 2024)
• Lake Okeechobee Watershed, Taylor Creek/Nubbin Slough (TCNS) Analysis (SFWMD, April 2023)
• Focus Area Assessment Report: Taylor Creek/Nubbin Slough Subwatershed S-191 Basin (SFWMD, April 2023)
• Final 2022 South Florida Environmental Report – Volume I, Appendix 8B-2, Water Year 2021 Lake Okeechobee Watershed Focus Area Assessments (SFWMD, March 2022)
• Final 2022 South Florida Environmental Report – Volume I, Appendix 8C-2, Water Year 2021 St. Lucie River Watershed Focus Area Assessments (SFWMD, March 2022)
• Final 2022 South Florida Environmental Report – Volume I, Appendix 8D-2, Water Year 2021 Caloosahatchee River Watershed Focus Area Assessments (SFWMD, March 2022)

• Statewide Annual Report on Total Maximum Daily Loads, Basin Management Action Plans, Minimum Flows or Minimum Water Levels, and Recovery or Prevention Strategies (FDEP, July 2025)
• Status of Implementation of Agricultural Nonpoint Source Best Management Practices Report (FDACS, July 2025)
• Lake Okeechobee Basin Management Action Plan, 2025 Update (FDEP, June 2025)
• St. Lucie River and Estuary Basin Management Action Plan, 2025 Update (FDEP, June 2025)
• Caloosahatchee River and Estuary Basin Management Action Plan, 2025 Update (FDEP, June 2025)
• Final Lake Okeechobee Ecosystem Health Study Report (FGCU, March 2025)
• 2024 5-Year Review of the Lake Okeechobee Basin Management Action Plan (FDEP, January 2025)
• 2023 5-Year Review of the St. Lucie River and Estuary Basin Management Action Plan (FDEP, June 2023)
• 2022 5-Year Review of the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary Basin Management Action Plan (FDEP, December 2022)
• Final 2020 South Florida Environmental Report – Volume I, Appendix 8A-1: Lake Okeechobee Watershed Protection Plan 2020 Update (SFWMD, March 2020)
• 2020 Website with supporting information for Lake Okeechobee Watershed Construction Project (LOWCP) 2020 Update
• Lake Okeechobee Basin Management Action Plan, 2020 Update (FDEP, January 2020)
• St. Lucie River and Estuary Basin Management Action Plan, 2020 Update (FDEP, January 2020)
• Caloosahatchee River and Estuary Basin Management Action Plan, 2020 Update (FDEP, January 2020)
• Lake Okeechobee Watershed Construction Project – Phase II Technical Plan – Main Report (SFWMD, FDEP and FDACS, February 2008)
• Lake Okeechobee Watershed Construction Project – Phase II Technical Plan – Appendices (SFWMD, FDEP and FDACS, February 2008)

• Executive Order 23-06: Achieving Even More Now for Florida’s Environment (State of Florida, Office of the Governor, January 2023)
• Final 40E-61, F.A.C. Rule, Northern Everglades Basins (published April 11, 2021)
• Executive Order 19-12: Achieving More Now for Florida’s Environment (State of Florida, Office of the Governor, January 2019)
• Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP; Section 373.4595, F.S.) (amended 2016)