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    • From Past to Present: Ecosystem Services and People of the Guana Peninsula - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)

    Metadata Updated: March 16, 2024

    For over 6,000 years, people have called the Guana Peninsula home, largely due to the bountiful resources of the estuary. These resources, both natural and cultural, are at risk now more than ever due to threats from climate change impacts and development. The GTM Research Reserve directly manages the southern portion of the Guana Peninsula, providing stewardship, visitor access, and, along with the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission and the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, education and interpretive programming. This project aimed to better understand how resources were used in the past and how they currently are being used by communities to ensure responsive resource management and relationship building with visitors, descendants, and other community stakeholders and for program development to expand the narrative of the Gullah/Geechee in northeast Florida.

    The project used a combination of archaeological investigations and applied anthropological methods and is the inaugural case study of the North American Heritage at Risk (NAHAR) research pipeline for addressing heritage at risk and engaging a variety of stakeholders. The project produced predictive models of climate change impacts, 38 site assessments for 19 archaeological sites, five new archaeological sites documented, stakeholder survey and follow up interview analysis, a technical report that describes the results of fieldwork, engagement of the public and outreach products, and three-dimensional models of artifacts, shorelines, and point cloud comparisons of shorelines over time. The modeling, monitoring, meeting, and methodizing data are available for further interpretation of the ecosystem services of the Guana Peninsula and to inform management strategies for cultural and environmental resources to best fit the needs of the Reserve and the surrounding community.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date January 15, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 16, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2020-10 (creation), 2023-06 (revision), 2023-12 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOS OCM

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date January 15, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 16, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2020-10 (creation), 2023-06 (revision), 2023-12 (publication)
    Responsible Party Office for Coastal Management (Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:71693
    Access Constraints Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: From Past to Present: Ecosystem Services and People of the Guana Peninsula - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/71693., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: Cite this dataset when used as a source: NOAA retains the right to analyze, synthesize and publish summaries of the NERRS/NSC data. The NERRS/NSC retains the right to be fully credited for having collected and process the data. Following academic courtesy standards, the NERR site where the data were collected should be contacted and fully acknowledged in any subsequent publications in which any part of the data are used. The data enclosed within this package/transmission are only as accurate as the quality assurance and quality control procedures that are described in the associated metadata reporting statement allow. The user bears all responsibility for its subsequent use/misuse in any further analyses or comparisons. The Federal government does not assume liability to the Recipient or third persons, nor will the Federal government reimburse or indemnify the Recipient for its liability due to any losses resulting in any way from the use of this data. Requested citation format: NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Science Collaborative(NSC)., Distribution Liability: The distributor does not assume liability.
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    Temporal Extent Begin 2021-10-01
    Temporal Extent End 2023-06-01

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