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The San Francisco Bay area consists of nine counties, with the population of 650 million and the dimension of 19400 km2. Each county has its own land use plan. Around thirty years ago, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) was established by the residents who were concerned about the waterfront reclamation by the rate of 10 km2 every year. Based on the annual budget of four billion dollars, BCDC has been granted with the wide-ranging powers of making various political decisions as an agency, including the power to protect the existing port, the power to build recreation facilities for the citizens, and the power on the airport and on the wildlife preserve. With the budget of four billion dollars, various projects have been implemented together with the local government, and the local economy has continuously been vitalized. One example is the waterfront restoration program （Calfed Bay Delta Program） in Calfed Bay Delta area where Sacrament and San Joaquin waters flow into the San Francisco Bay. The program promotes environment restoration over more than thirty years, focusing on the fields of drinking water quality and of ecosystem conservation.
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Date: 2008.03.31 19:24
Missouri River, a largest and the longest river in North America, has been widely modified over these 150 years.
However, as the American people grew aware of the environmental ethics, they came to focus on the deterioration of the major rivers in the country, and to reexamine the river management priority. As a result, some national laws and state laws were established, and many measures to support restoring a number of major rivers in America were provided. For Missouri River, based on the Missouri River Mitigation Act (an act of compensation for environmental destruction), a project was implemented, which restored the wetland and the riverside forests, changed the banks and weirs, and reunited the “chutes” (water channels for high water) with the mainstream.
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Date: 2008.03.31 19:22
Evergrades in Florida had a wetland called “river of grass,” formed by water flowing in the dimension of 2.9 million acres (11700 km2) from Okeechobee Lake.
Kissimmee River had experienced water quality deterioration and aridification, caused by farmland reclamation and flood prevention. After the flood in 1947, river improvement construction was conducted to straighten the river course, which changed the shape of the river. Now Evergrades is proceeding a world biggest project for wetland conservation and restoration with the total cost of 7.8 billion dollars. Kissimmee River’s once straightened river course has been re-winded in order to recover the wetland.
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Date: 2008.03.31 19:19
As industries were developed and population increased, the inflow burden on Chesapeake Bay was increased. As a result, the bay, which was closed, became gradually polluted. Aiming at regaining rich natural environment, the federal government and the state government, with cooperation by near-shore waters concerned parties, established “Chesapeake re-program” in 1987. Many of the concerned parties participated in this program, including the federal government’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the universities and research institutes in the relevant four states, and NGOs. This program focused on restoring fish and marine life in the bay, and its activities included: prohibiting phosphorous detergents, improving agricultural management, organic removal of nutrient salts, the sewage system and wastewater regulations, and the
penetration of environment education among people. Mitigation works were conveyed, and wetland restoration and seaweed bed creation were also started. After an agreement in 2000, this program has much progressed and has contributed to conserving and recovering the environment in the bay.
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Date: 2008.03.31 19:16
Boston Bay restoration project is one of the largest in scale in the States involving 43 cities, 2 million people, 5500 enterprises, 11-year construction, and 3.8 billion dollars of cost. The United States Massachusetts water resource bureau, established in 1997, not only adjusted the 43 cities’ interests but led a project hiring a number of expert staff, and gained a great number of citizens’ cooperation to secure the financial sources required for the project (public involvement).
Boston Bay restoration project has substantially improved the water environment in the bay. It has given the local people the sense of confidence and pride, and is said to have contributed to activating the local economy.
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Date: 2008.03.31 19:11
