And he's FOS as well.
“The Everglades Restoration project passed back in 2000 because of the guys behind me and work started by the governor, but not one project encompassed in that entire … everglades preservation, restoration project had started until we came into office,” the vice president said.
From the CERP website:
http://www.evergladesplan.org/news/spotlight_archive.aspx26 Aug 2008
In the Spotlight
Ecosystem Construction starts on another 3.8 miles of Kissimmee River restoration
IIRC, BO and Joe were elected in Nov of 2008 and didn't take office until Jan 2009.
"another 3.8 miles" would indicate that some portion of the Kissimmee River had been restored even prior to this date.