Our first acknowledgment goes to YOU. Your interest in our species of greatest conservation need is critical to their conservation.
DFW has long-standing and well-established relationships with federal and local agencies, indeed many of them contributed significantly to the development and update of the SWAP:
So far, more than 2,500 people from over 650 different organizations have been actively involved in developing the U.S. Virgin Islands Conservation Blueprint. U.S. Caribbean Blueprint priorities were developed with input from the Caribbean Conservation Community of Practice (CCCoP), which is comprised of community leaders, researchers, universities, non-profits, as well as federal, state, and territorial governments. The Blueprint has helped drive the protection of key parcels on St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John and supported numerous successful Caribbean grant proposals totaling over $71 million dollars.
We would like to thank the funder of this project the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Office of Conservation Investment.
We would like to thank our partner, the St. Croix Environmental Association, for facilitating public comment on wildlife issues in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Conservation Community of Practice and Conservation Opportunity Areas were developed by staff of the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS) partnership with special thanks to Louise Vaughn, Alex Lamle, Rua Modecai, and Dr. Amanda Sesser.
The Wildlife Health issues were developed by the Regional Fish and Wildlife Health Coordinators with special thanks to Dr. Ellen Haynes (SEAFWA) and the Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study.
The Key Conservation Issues were developed by staff of the U.S. Geological Survey and the SECASC with special thanks to Dr. Hailey Shanovich and Dr. Katherine Smith.
The SGCN range maps were developed by WildMon.