Florida Sinkholes: Science and Policy

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments I am grateful to so many people who have helped me create this book. First of all, I owe big thanks to my friend and former colleague Len Vacher of the Department of Geosciences at the University of South Florida, who helped me through early discussions around the organization and content of the book. Also, I am grateful to many friends, colleagues, and former students who either provided assistance or in some other way helped me through the process . I am sure I unintentionally left someone off of the following list, since this project has been in progress for so very long. If I did not include you, please forgive me. In alphabetical order, I thank John Barco, Todd Chavez, Mick Day, Nicole Elko, Spencer Fleury, Lee Florea, Taiyo Francis, Sandy Gorren, Mario Gomez, Mark Hafen, Matt Harwell, Alexander Klimchouk, Sandra Kling, Sarah Koenig, Melissa Mosquera, Tomohiko Music, Gitfah Niles, Joanne Norris, Leslie North, Bogdan Onac, Mario Parise, Lisa-Marie Pierre, Jason Polk, Phil Reeder, Don Seale, Cindy Shaw, Ann Tihansky, Sam Upchurch, Phil van Beynen, George Veni, Laurie Walker, and Kelly Wilson. I must recognize here the great contributions of the late Dr. Barry Beck, who did so much to advance the science of Florida sinkholes. His work informed and inspired generations of karst scientists not only in Florida but all over the world. I am deeply appreciative of Larry Levy, Ina Katz, and Christopher Niedt of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University for their support. Finally, I owe a debt of gratitude to everyone at the University Press of Florida for their kindness and patience. This page intentionally left blank ...