Acknowledgments

• Author: Robert B. McKinstry, Jr./Coreen Ripp/Emily Lisy
• Pages: 15-15

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Acknowledgments

Iwould like to thank the many who assisted in the production of this book

from a series of presentations at the Third Annual Goddard Forum,

Biodiversity: Addressing a Global Issue Locally. In particular, I would like

to thank my coeditors, Coreen Ripp and Emily Lisy, and the other Goddard

Fellows who assisted in editing this book, Jonathan Farrell, Derald Hay, and

Lei Lin. These students worked tirelessly in contacting authors, assisting in

research and initial drafting, editing, and organization. They also assisted in

organizing the conference upon which this book is based. Some of the initial

work on the book arose out of a Penn State graduate class on the topic of local

responses to biodiversity. In addition to Emily Lisy and Coreen Ripp, the

students in that class included Loren Byrne, Louis DeMais, Laurie Good-

rich, Laura Hamilton, and Kristen Saacke-Blunk. My assistant, Emily Hill,

also provided invaluable assistance.

I must also thank Rachel Jean-Baptiste and the production staff at the En-

vironmental Law Institute. Without their hard work this book could never

have become a reality.

I would also like to acknowledge the support provided by the Maurice K.

Goddard endowment and the members of my advisory committee. The

members of that committee have included Penn State School of Forest Re-

sources Director Charles Strauss, Penn State Dean of the College of Agricul-

tural Sciences Robert Steele, Joe Barnard, Chris Bingaman, Carol Collier,

Art Davis, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Re-

sources (PDCNR) Secretary Michael DiBerardinis, former PDCNR Secre-

tary John Oliver, Bill Easterling, Caren Glotfelty, Heather Karsten, Chris

Kellet, Tinku Khanwalkar, Les MacRae, Andrew McElwaine, Skip

Missimer, Cathy Myers, Adam Rose, Maurice Sampson, Chris Uhl, Jack

Watson, Mary Wirth, and Richard Yahner.

This acknowledgment could not be complete without a tribute to Maurice

“Doc” Goddard, in whose honor the endowment that supports my work and

the Goddard Fora was created. Doc Goddard served as Secretary of the

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources for 25 years under

four governors. In that role, he created a state park system that put a park

within 25 miles of every citizen of the commonwealth. He also helped create

the modern system of environmental regulation in the state, recognizing that

a clean environment and a sound economy are mutually dependent.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge the help and assistance of Rebecca

Lewis, who nursed me back to health as I recovered from a broken back and

put up with me as I took advantage of that period of inactivity to complete the

final revisions and edits to this book. I would also like to thank my children,

Andrew, Spencer, and Erin.

—Robert B. McKinstry, Jr.