There have been significant delays in several Florida Everglades restoration construction projects, although some progress hasbeen made in planning and coordinating the overall restoration program in developing the science to support and monitor the program. That is according to a 25 September report from a committee of the National Research Council of the U.S. National Academies. This is the first biennial report to be released by the Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration, which is monitoring the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The CERP, established in 1999 to achieve ecological restoration of what remains of the Everglades, includes more than 40 major projects and is expected to cost more than US$10 billion over more than 30 years. The report is available at http://www.nap.edu