Report: Everglades in decline as restoration lags

September 29, 2008 By BRIAN SKOLOFF , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A multibillion-dollar effort to restore Florida's Everglades has made little progress amid funding shortfalls, bureaucratic red tape and disagreements, according to a congressionally mandated report that warns the vast wetland is in peril.

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