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The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 8ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis book is the product of the efforts of dozens of individuals representing Federal, State, andlocal government agencies, non-governmental conservation and scientific organizations, and privatecitizens. The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 represents a cooperative effort to identify,preserve, and properly manage those sites deemed most critical for maintaining the diversity, abundance,and distribution of the state's native avifauna.To give the Florida IBA Program strong scientific credibility, an advisory committee composedof some of the state's leading ornithologists and conservation biologists was formed. Five Committeemembers were from Audubon while the remaining seven were affiliated with other conservation agenciesor organizations, and one university. This “Executive Committee” assisted with development of the siteselection criteria and was responsible for designation of the Important Bird Areas of Florida. Members ofthe Committee and their professional affiliations are: Gianfranco Basili (St. Johns River WaterManagement District, formerly the ornithologist of Florida Audubon Society), Reed Bowman (ArchboldBiological Station), Jim Cox (Tall Timbers Research Station), Frances James (Florida State University),Mark Kraus (Audubon of Florida), Katy NeSmith (Florida Natural Areas Inventory), Ann Paul (Audubonof Florida), Rich Paul (Audubon of Florida), Bill Pranty (Coordinator; Audubon of Florida), Stuart Strahl(Audubon of Florida), George Wallace (formerly with the Florida Fish and Wildlife ConservationCommission, now at Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory), and Glen Woolfenden (Archbold BiologicalStation). The late William B. Robertson, Jr. had also agreed to serve on the Committee, but passed awaybefore its first meeting. I am greatly honored that many of Florida's leading ornithologists considered theIBA Program sufficiently important to have volunteered their time and offered their comments and adviceso readily.An equally vital group of individuals nominated sites for consideration as IBAs. Theseindividuals have my sincere gratitude for the assistance they provided; those marked with an asterisk (*)nominated multiple sites: Beverly Anderson, Allison Baker, *Gian Basili, *Sonny Bass, *Ted Below,Shane Belson, Lianne Bishop, Seth Blitch, Brian Braudis, *Roger Clark, *Sam Cole, Scott Crosby, MikeDelGrosso, Teresa Downey, Terry Doyle, Charles DuToit, Nancy Dwyer, Erik Egensteiner, Susan Epps,*Charlie Ewell, Judy Fisher, Cathy Flegel, Monica Folk, Liz Golden, Paul Gray, Bruce Hagedorn, JimHiggins, Harry Kelton, Jerry Krummrich, Ed Kwater, Pat Leary, Mike Legare, Manny Lopez, AndrewMackie, Joy Marburger, *Mike McMillian, Doug McNair, J.B. Miller, Cynthia Meketa, Jane Monaghan,Ann Moore, Vince Morris, Katy NeSmith, *Steve Nesbitt, Terry O'Toole, Richard Owen, Tom Palmer,*Ann Paul, *Rich Paul, Pat Pazara, Charlie Pedersen, Kwami Pennick, Belinda Perry, Gary Popotnik,Peggy Powell, *Bill Pranty, Arnold Rawson, Joe Reinman, Sharon Robbins, Jayde Roof, *Rex Rowan,Sean Rowe, Petra Royston, Charles Sample, Rick Sawicki, Mark Sees, *Celeste Shitama, David Simpson,Ileana and Glenn Sisson, Ed Slaney, *Parks Small, *Gary Sprandel, J.B. Starkey, Jr., *Eric Stolen, DanSullivan, Tammy Summers, Dave Sumpter, *Ken Tracey, George Wallace, *Jeff Weber, *Tom Wilmers,and Mike Wilson.Thanks are given to others who reviewed nominations, provided additional data, or otherwiseassisted with site nominations: Jocie Baker, Mary Barnwell, Gary Beecham, Paul Blair, Dick Blewett,Gary Comp, Tylan Dean, Mike Delany, Robin Diaz, Lucy Duncan, Dot Freeman, Wally George, MarkGlisson, Doria Gordon, Ross Hinkle, Ron Houser, Julie Hovis, Dotty and Hank Hull, Teri Jabour, FredLohrer, Ken Meyer, John Mitchell, Norman Moss, Mike Renda, Arlyne Salcedo, Hank Smith, KenSpilios, Hilary Swain, Cindy Thompson, and Rick West. I thank staff at Archbold Biological Station forhosting the initial “pre-meeting” of the Executive Committee, and Todd Engstrom for setting up itsformal meeting at Tall Timbers Research Station.Several biologists provided avian data that were of great use to the Florida IBA Program. Fortheir assistance with providing databases and GIS coverages, I thank Mike Delany (“Florida”Grasshopper Sparrow data), Julia Dodge (wading bird and Bald Eagle nests), Patty Kelly (Snowy andPiping plovers), Paul Kubilis (wading bird nests), Ken Meyer (Swallow-tailed Kites and Short-tailedHawks), Jim Rodgers (Snail Kites), Gary Sprandel (shorebirds), and George Wallace (Snowy Plovers).
The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 9Robert “Chip” Chipley of the American Bird Conservancy provided criteria for ranking Globallysignificant IBAs. Sally Jue and other staff of the Florida Natural Areas Inventory were extremely helpfulin providing current GIS coverages of the state’s conservation lands.Deep appreciation is given to the foundations and organizations that funded the Florida IBAProgram: The Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation; the Batchelor Foundation; Pinellas County Utilities;and the Jim and Jonnie Swann Foundation, as well as several individuals. Furthermore, I greatlyappreciate the assistance of Pick Talley, Wayman Bailey, and others at Pinellas County Utilities forfunding a Florida Scrub-Jay conservation project that indirectly supported the IBA Program.The efforts of Gian Basili and Clay Henderson of the former Florida Audubon Society, and PaulGray, Wayne Hoffman, and Rich Paul of state offices of the National Audubon Society, are appreciatedfor their initial efforts to begin an IBA program in Florida. To Gian Basili, a big thank you for continuedguidance on IBA and other matters. Under the leadership of Stuart Strahl, Audubon of Florida has grownconsiderably since its formation in 1999. I thank Stuart and several other AOF employees for theassistance they provided: Sandra Bogan, former editor of the Florida Naturalist; Mark Kraus, DeputyDirector; Irela Bague, Public Affairs Coordinator; Susan Cummins, Editorial Assistant; Don Ebbert,Director of Finance and Administration; Kristy Loria, Senior Accounting and Budgeting Director;Shannon Mayorga, Conservation Associate; Connie Perez, Foundation and Government RelationsManager; Erin Petra, former Executive Assistant; and Lisa Yalkut, Associate Director of Development.At the National Audubon Society, I appreciate the advice and support of Frank Gill, Senior Vice-President; Fred Baumgarten, former National IBA Coordinator; Dan Niven, current National IBACoordinator; and Jeff Wells, former Coordinator for the New York IBA, who freely offered advice andencouragement whenever called upon. Jim Wilson, IBA Coordinator for Georgia, attended the firstExecutive Committee meeting, and contributed ideas about IBAs that share our states’ boundaries.I am extremely grateful to Kurt Radamaker, who performed an invaluable service to Audubon bydesigning the Florida IBA website, which broadcast the program widely, efficiently, and without cost.In addition to many of the site nominators, the following individuals improved the “final” draft ofthe manuscript: Sally Treat, [and probably dozens more over the next two months].Lastly, I thank my parents, Dom and Peggy Pranty, for a lifetime of support, and Holly Lovell forcontinued friendship and support. To any individual whose name inadvertently was omitted from this list,please accept my apologies and thanks. Finally, to all who assisted with this program in any of a myriadof ways, I hope that this book meets your expectations for helping to conserve Florida's spectacularavifauna.Bill PrantyTampa, Florida29 June 2002
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