Florida NRCS Features
Tour of Hurricane Katrina Damage to Agricultural Concerns
in South Florida
On
August 31, 2005, officials from state, federal and local agencies toured the
August 25th damage from Hurricane Katrina. At the time it came ashore in
south Florida, Hurricane Katrina was classified as a Category 1 hurricane with
sustained winds of 80 mph. The estimated $700 million in damage was to agricultural interests in
Miami-Dade County.
Left to right - Niles Glasgow, NRCS State Conservationist,
Bill Hunt, President of the Dade Chapter of the Florida Nursery Growers and
Landscape Association, and Charles Bronson, Florida Agricultural Commissioner,
look at damage from Hurricane Katrina at Costa Nursery in Miami-Dade County. The
tour, sponsored by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
included visits to five nurseries and farms in and around Florida City.
Much of
the destruction was to shade structures, fruit trees and fields. Plants in
nurseries were overturned and destroyed and fields and nursery grounds flooded.
(above)
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is asking for
Emergency
Watershed Protection funds to clean debris from canals and waterways in the
aftermath of this storm.
 Niles
Glasgow, State Conservationist, speaks at the press conference regarding NRCS
assistance to Florida agricultural producers in the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina.
NRCS employees discuss damage. Left to right - Christine Coffin, District
Conservationist, Florida City, Niles Glasgow, State Conservationist, and Jeff
Schmidt, Area Conservationist.
Contacts
Jesse Wilson, State Conservation Engineer, 352-338-9557
Bob Stobaugh, Public Affairs
Specialist, (352) 338-9565mailto:Bob.Stobaugh@fl.usda.gov
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