TRAINING PROGRAMS. Heritage Monitoring Scouts (HMS Florida) The Northeast Region partnered with the Florida State Park Service to offer the first Heritage Monitoring Scouts (HMS) Florida training specifically for state land managers in April. The workshop, hosted at Tomoka State Park, instructed 15 State Park staff in how to use HMS Florida for site assess- ments, as well as how to use the Arches platform to record monitoring data. In June, staff also offered a short presenta- tion on HMS Florida to 29 state land managers at an Archaeo- logical Resource Management (ARM) training sponsored by the Bureau of Archaeological Research (BAR). The HMS Florida training program has also proven to be popu- lar in the Northwest Region, with the first workshop held in October 2017. Since then, workshops have been held in part- nership with a variety of organizations, including five regional State Parks, the Florida Master Naturalist Program, the Univer- sity of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, and the City of Fort Walton Beach. Staff in the Southwest Region led multiple HMS Florida train- ings throughout the year, including at Mound House and the Fort Myers Cemetery. Additionally, Southwest staff worked with West Central and Central Region Director Jeff Moates to collaborate with the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary 199 2017-18 Florida Counties Represented Contributing Scouts Sites Monitored Scout Applications Received IMPACT OF HMS FLORIDA FPAN training programs reach on land and in the water, teaching others how to assist in caring for and preserving Florida archaeology. 438 39 68 Left: HMS Florida workshop in the Southeast Region. Right: CRPT graduates at the Gomez Cemetery in Hobe Sound, Florida.