Annual Administrative Report (FY 2012) and Work Plan (FY 2013) for Inventories and Vital Signs Monitoring: South Florida/Caribbean Network.

摘要

The South Florida/Caribbean Network (SFCN) includes seven national parks with significant natural resources in the southern tip of the state of Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. John. In FY 2012 the SFCN received $2,117,355 from the Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) program, the NPS Vegetation Inventory Program (mapping), the NPS Water Resources Division, and from Everglades National Park. Together, these funding sources enabled the SFCN to develop vegetation and benthic habitat maps for several parks, begin development of Natural Resource Condition Assessments for Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve, and to continue operational monitoring for core vital signs. The SFCN includes Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY), Biscayne National Park (BISC), Buck Island Reef National Monument (BUIS), Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), Everglades National Park (EVER), Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve (SARI), and Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS).