Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS

Acknowledgments
We wish to acknowledge the NPS National Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program for the
funding of this project. We also gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Zandy Hillis-Starr,
Chief of Resource Management of Christiansted National Historic Site, Buck Island Reef
National Monument, and Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, for
her assistance in finding resource materials for this project, for support with project logistics and
use of park equipment during field visits, and for review of the resulting products. We thank the
Army Corps of Engineers for providing their orthoimage of Buck Island for use in this project.
We also wish to thank Dan Clark, currently of USFWS and former NPS Florida / Caribbean
Exotic Plant Management Team Specialist, and Tony Pernas, NPS Florida / Caribbean Exotic
Plant Management Team Coordinator, both who have worked in the U.S. Virgin Islands, for their
insights and experience shared. We thank horticulturist Eleanor Gibney for reviewing this report,
concentrating on plant taxonomy. In addition we express our appreciation to Dr. Jim Fourqurean
of Florida International University for providing the Resource Management Intern for this
project. Finally, this project was greatly assisted by the efforts of Brian Witcher, Raul Urgelles,
Rachel Vargas, and Steve Wathen.
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