Everglades Agricultural Area

This map shows the Everglades Agricultural Area, as designated by the Central and Southern Florida Project

The Everglades Agricultural Area Environmental Protection District (EAA EPD), better known as simply the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA), is an area extending south from Lake Okeechobee to the northern levee of Water Conservation Area 3A, from its eastern boundary at the L-8 canal to the western boundary along the L-1, L-2, and L-3 levees. The EAA incorporates almost 3,000 square kilometers (1,158 square miles) of highly productive agricultural land.[1] The EAA was established by the State Legislature as a special district representing landowners within the EAA Basin for the purposes of ensuring environmental protection. Means include conducting scientific research on environmental matters related to air and water and land management practices and implementing the financing, construction, and operation of works and facilities designed to prevent, control, abate or correct environmental problems and improve the environmental quality of air and water resources.[2]

  1. ^ "Glossary of Terms". Everglades Forever. Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
  2. ^ "Home". eaaepd.org. Retrieved 2017-06-28. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.