ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This soil survey publication is a result of the NRCS-Urban Initiative in partnership with Cornell University and the NYC-Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). It is part of the technical assistance requested by the NYC-SWCD to inventory and assess the soil resources of NYC for uses in the urban environment. The SWCD Board Members are: Eugenia Flatow, Virginia Dent, Paul Mankiewicz, Joel Miele, Sr., Henry Stern, Mary Beth McCarthy, Patrice Kleinberg, and Judith Zuk, with additional representatives Marc Matsil and Robert Alpern. Other members of the urban partnership are: NYC-Parks and Recreation Department, NYC-Department of Environmental Protection, NYC-Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and USDA-Forest Service.

We wish to thank the contributors to this publication:

Tyrone Goddard, Jack Bricker, Matt Havens, Steve Seifried, Steve Carlisle, Mark Silverman - USDA-NRCS; Ray Bryant, Jonathan Russell-Anelli, Keith Eggleston - Cornell University; Lawrence Day - Delaware Co. SWCD; Paul Mankiewicz, The Gaia Institute, NYC; Chris Aquilla, Tim Williams - NYC-P&RD (Greenbelt Park), and William McMillen - Richmondtown Restoration Group, SI, NYC.

We wish to thank the following people for their assistance in editing and making figures for this publication:

Robert Alpern - NYC-DEP; Bill Rounds, Steve Indrick, Steve Carlisle, Lea Ann Pytlik, Robert Grossman, Jim Patterson, John Kick - USDA-NRCS; Judi Eastburn, Magdalena Day, Dan Elswit, Nina Bassuk - Cornell University.

We wish to thank the following people for their support and advice during the development of this project:

Jim Rossi, Kathy Nutt - NYC-P&RD (Greenbelt Park); George Sisco,

Robert Dibble, John Graham, and Scott Anderson - USDA-NRCS; Marc Matsil - NYC-P&RD; Alice Belling, Kristin Illick - NYC-DEP; Richard Pouyat - USDA-USFS.

We wish to thank the personnel located at the Greenbelt Park, High Rock Center, especially Kathy Nutt, Kathy Hollar, Linda Fulco, John Farrell, Tim Williams, Sam Pattison, Jeffrey Westby and Sal Fama, whose help was instrumental in the daily work of this survey.

Layout and design by Judi Eastburn, Cornell University.

Soil map produced by Steve Carlisle - USDA-NRCS and Susan Hoskins - NRI, Ithaca, NY.

Web page production and layout by Karen Wynne, Cornell University.