b'Annual Report 2018/19reau of Archaeological Research2019. Nearly 30 volunteers cameCemeteries are outdoor communi-(BAR) during a 2-day training or- out to Gulf Islands Fort Pickensty museums, which provide an in-ganized specifically for state landArea to learn about shipwreckvaluable link to the past history of managers. This effort, the Archae- archaeology, the importance ofan area. During CRPT, participants ological Resources Managementsite monitoring and preservation,learned about cemetery care ba-(ARM) training, was led by BARand the basic methods for tag- sics and laws pertaining to historic archaeologist Paulette McFadden.ging and recording shipwreck andcemeteries at FIU before heading FPAN staff provided local help forout to Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Paulette and delivered presenta- to carefully clean headstones and tions and demonstrations on thegravesites.application of the Heritage Moni-toring Scout program into landQUICK FACTS: The East Central Region contin-managers site reporting protocol. ued to host CRPT workshops, the 60+ first in August 2018 for the City Shipwreck Taggingtraining programs conducted byof Sanford Parks Department Archaeological ManagementFPAN throughout Florida and the Friends of Page Jackson Program (STAMP) Cemeterys subsequent clean-up Northwest Region staff teamedday. The workshop was repeated up with Gulf Islands Nationalin Titusville at the public library Seashore to launch the Shipwreckwith an afternoon workshop at the Tagging Archaeological Manage- shipwreck timber sites within thePoor Farm Cemetery, now listed ment Program (STAMP), a publicNational Park.on the Florida Master Site File. The engagement program focusedTitusville CRPT helped kick off a on documenting and monitoringCemetery Resource Protectioncleaning and recording project shipwreck sites and disarticulatedTraining (CRPT) by a local Boy Scout. In 2019, the shipwreck timbers along FloridasSoutheast Region staff led a Cem- CRPT season kicked off with a re-coasts. The program came out ofetery Resource Protection Trainingturn to Greenwood Cemetery and a UWF Masters thesis by Austin(CRPT) workshop in collaborationa workshop at City Hall in Orlando. Burkhard, who worked with FPANwith Florida International Univer-to facilitate the very first volun- sity. This workshop focused on teer training program in Marchcemetery care and protection. UWF Archaeology graduate student and FPAN assistant Austin Burkhard helps lead the Shipwreck Tagging Archaeological Management11Program (STAMP) volunteer training at Gulf Islands National Seashore.'