The Southwest Florida Regional Restoration Coordination Team (RRCT) was created in 2002 by the Everglades Restoration Working Group to receive recommendations regarding restoration and restoration science in southwest Florida.  Two geographic subteams have been created to support the RRCT's efforts:  the Calusa Restoration Coordination Team (CRCT) and the Big Cypress Restoration Coordination Team (BC RCT).  The CRCT represents Charlotte Harbor, Caloosahatchee, and Estero watershed basins in Southwest Florida within the Greater Everglades. 

The CRCT is tasked with the integration, coordination, and evaluation of the region's environmental restoration activities and to make recommendations to the Southwest Florida Regional Restoration Coordination Team (RRCT).  Its principal activities include the identification and prioritization of restoration science gaps and restoration projects.  The CRCT is composed of representatives from environmental agencies, academic institutions, not-for-profit environmental groups, and other environmental consortia.

As defined in the by-laws, all members of the Calusa RCT and its sister group, the Big Cypress RCT, are members of the RRCT.  The RRCT also functions with a representational structure.  Four members and the chairperson of each of the RCTs meet frequently.  The RRCT meets four times each year: 3 of the quarterly meetings are attended by the RCT representatives; during the 4th quarter all RCT members attend an annual meeting of the RRCT.

The CRCT is hosted by the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council.  Dr. Lisa Beever, Director of the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, chairs the CRCT.  She can be reached via telephone at (239) 995-1777 and via email at lbeever@swfrpc.org.