Acknowledgements

Financial Assistance

We are grateful for financial assistance from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Coastal Services Center through Order #EA133C-03-SE-0275 and #NA04NOS4730212. The viewpoints in this publication are those of NatureServe and may not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA.

We would like to acknowledge the following individuals whose contributions were essential to the development of this classification. Rebecca Allee, Michael Beck, Juan Bezuary Creel, Dail Brown, Stephen K. Brown, Mark Costello, Megan Dethier, Mark Finkbeiner, Anne Hale-Miglarese, Hans Hermann, Jonathan Higgens, Tom Hourigan, Beth Lumsden, James Maragos, Carleton Ray, Karen Stocks, Kathleen Sullivan Sealey, Kristin Snow, Carlos Valdez, Ed Wiken, Pace Wilber, Tara Wilkenson, and Nancy Wright.