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7/24/2020 <br />Background <br />• June 19, 2018 — Commissioners approved pursuing an Indian River <br />Lagoon Management Plan (IRL Plan) <br />• July 16, 2019 — Board approved draft outline for the Plan and staff <br />began collecting and cataloging existing data from multiple sources <br />• June 16, 2020 — The Board receives the first update to the Research <br />Review Phase of the IRL Management Plan <br />"It is important to recognize that restoration of the IRL does not equate <br />to establishing a single set of conditions nor is it an easy target to <br />identify. Broadly defined, ecosystem restoration attempts to remove or <br />reduce human -induced stressors to return some measure of structural <br />and functional integrity to the system. Due to shifting baseline <br />stressors associated with factors such as human populations growth, <br />coastal urbanization, climate change (including and sea level rise), <br />restoration of the IRL to an idealized past reference status after <br />removal of human -induced pressure may be difficult to achieve'..." <br />IRLNEP 2030 Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, Page 6 <br />1Duarte, C.M. et al. 2009. Return to Neverland: Shifting Baselines affect <br />eutrophication restoration targets. Estuaries and Coasts 32, 29-36. <br />2 <br />IOC <br />