Acknowledgments

• Author: Rebecca L. Kihslinger/James M. Mcelfish Jr.
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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program (WHPRP)—

managed by the National Council for Science and the Environment and funded

by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation—for f‌inancial support of this work.

We are grateful for the substantial contributions of ELI Research Associate Jesse

Oppenheimer for research and writing of the Santa Lucia and Summit County

case studies. We also thank from ELI, Scott Schang,Vice President (Publica-

tions and Associates); Carolyn Fischer,Books Editor; Linda Johnson, Managing

Editor; and William Straub, Desktop Publisher for their excellent work on put-

ting this book together.

For their work on Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, respectively, we thank Dan Perl-

man and Bruce Stein.

Special thanks to the WHPRP program committee and staff—Chris Bern-

abo, Jim Boyd, Kim Elliman, Dennis Figg, Tom Franklin, Mike Harris, John

Kostyack, Luther Propst, Alan Randall, Mark Shaffer, Peter Stein, Bob Szaro,

Sara Vickerman, and Christina Zarrella—for their guidance and support.

In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following peo-

ple who provide us with valuable information and guidance: Joyce Ambrosius,

Tom Anderson, Andy Backman, Steve Barker, Kristine Bentz, Bridget Burnell,

Jim Curnutte, Kristin Dean, Debbi Edelstein, John Ervin,Abigail Fateman, Erica

Fleishman, Tom Gray, Lisa Guthrie, Suzanne Klimek, John Kopchik, Tom

Kroening, Michael LaBossiere, Jacob Martin, Paul Morrow, Kate Noonan,

Brad Olson, Donald C. Outen, Terry Palmisano, Jim Patchett, John Pitra,

Charles Rich, John Roberts, Shannon Schwab, John Shepard, Jim Sulentich,

Lisa Taylor, Roxanne Thomas, Holly Vaughn, and David J. Yocca.

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