South Florida/Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network (SFCN)

National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Division

Knowing the condition of natural resources in national parks is fundamental to the National Park Service's (NPS) mission to manage park resources "unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." Park managers are confronted with increasingly complex and challenging issues that require a broad-based understanding of the status and trends of park resources as a basis for making decisions and working with other agencies and the public for the long-term protection of park ecosystems. The National Park Service has initiated a long-term ecological monitoring program, known as “Vital Signs Monitoring”, to provide the minimum infrastructure needed to track the overall condition of natural resources in parks and to provide early warning of situations that require intervention. The scientifically sound information obtained through this systems-based monitoring program will have multiple applications for management decision-making, park planning, research, education, and promoting public understanding of park resources. To facilitate collaboration, information sharing, and economies of scale in inventory and monitoring, the NPS organized the more than 270 parks with significant natural resources into 32 ecoregional networks. The South Florida/ Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network (SFCN) is composed of seven parks in South Florida and the U. S. Virgin Islands: 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 Site and Ecological Preserve (SARI), and Virgin Islands National Park (VIIS). This program repository contains products produced during and for SFCN projects. The products are sorted into their host projects.

South Florida/Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network (SFCN)

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