Acknowledgements

There are a great many people to thank for their assistance in the preparation of this report. First, I would like to thank the staff of the BC Conservation Data Centre. Their unflagging support and assistance has been instrumental in completing this task. In particular, Marta Donovan and Leah Ramsay deserve special recognition for their timely and courteous replies to my many requests for information and assistance. Syd Cannings and George Douglas also provided advice and guidance in their respective areas of expertise.

Similarly, I would like to express my sincere thanks to several staff members of the Royal British Columbia Museum. Peter Newroth was the contract supervisor for this project and provided innumerable contacts and advice during the contract as well as comments on the manuscript. Peter Troffe, Jim Cosgrove, Heather Stewart and David Nagorsen all provided useful information and suggestions.

Many others from a variety of agencies provided valuable information and input to this project including Karen Bray, Larry Ingham, Lee Harding, John Woods, Guy Woods, John Krebs, Jeff Nicholson, Pat Dunn, Bruce McLellan, Albert Chiriko, Barry Bartlett, George Douglas, Murray Peterson, Murray Christman, Dave Phelps, Dave Smith, Greg Chin and Mike Gall.

To all these people I express my thanks and my appreciation for their assistance, in whatever form it took. I have provided a list at the end of this report with the addresses and phone numbers of all these people as a further source of information if readers wish to follow up directly with them. All these individuals contributed greatly to this report, however, I alone must take responsibility for any errors or omissions contained herein.