Everglades Restoration Scaled Back

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/us/02everglades.html?_r=1&ref=earth

This article reports that Florida, in light of the fragile economy, is scaling back its plans to buy land from one of the U.S.'s biggest sugar providers in order to restore the Everglades. The governor announced that they will be spending half as much money and purchasing significantly less land than previously decided. Most of the feedback about the plan in this article is positive except for the final remarks from a scientist at the Everglades Foundation warning that there may be unpleasant consequences to this decision.