WAP - Acknowledgments

Developing California Wildlife: Conservation Challenges, the state's wildlife conservation strategy, was truly a partnership between the California Department of Fish and Game and the Wildlife Health Center at the University of California, Davis. The Wildlife Health Center managed scoping meetings, expert consultations, conservation workshops, and prepared the report. Fish and Game provided guidance, technical analyses, and critical review and editing.

Fish and Game Director Ryan Broddrick provided clear direction and strong support for the wildlife conservation strategy development. Deputy Directors Banky Curtis, Diana Jacobs, and Sonke Mastrup provided constructive review. Ron Rempel, former Deputy Director of the Habitat Conservation Division, Sandra Morey, former Branch Chief of the Habitat Conservation Planning Branch, and Dale Steele, Program Manager, Species Conservation & Recovery Program, served as Fish and Game's coordinating contacts and advisors, in addition to commenting on drafts.

Fish and Game Statewide Review Team

Chuck Armor, Glenn Black, Betsy Bolster, Richard Callas, John Carlson, Larry Eng, Becky Jones, Don Koch, Frank Hall, Chris Hayes, Eric Larson, Eric Loft, Darlene McGriff, Becky Miller, Dale Mitchell, Sandra Morey, Kimberly Nicol, Gail Presley, Robert Schaefer, Jeff Single, John Siperek, Kent Smith, Dale Steele, Terri Stewart, Mark Stopher, Dee Sudduth, John Ugoretz, Carl Wilcox

Jonna Mazet and Walter Boyce, Co-directors of the Wildlife Health Center, provided guidance and advice for the project.

The following individuals comprised the team that developed and produced the wildlife conservation strategy:

Project Manager and Co-author:
- David Bunn

Co-authors:
- Andrea Mummert
- Kirsten Gilardi
- Marc Hoshovsky

GIS Specialist and Cartographer:
- Roxie Anderson

Species and Habitat Data Analysts, Wildlife Species Matrix Developers:
- Sandy Shanks
- Kiffanie Stahle

Wildlife Monitoring Survey Analyst:
- Ken Kriese

Editor:
- Barbara Anderson

Design & Layout, Production Editing:
- Alison Kent

Administrative Support:
- Kathy Collins,
- Brenda Barnes,
- Kathy Meares,
- Lavonne Hull,
- Sherri Smith

Workshop Facilitators:
- Will Murray,
- Shelli Bischoff,
- Leni Wilsmann

Workshop Organizers:
- Tricia Dunlap,
- Joe Caves,
- Leslie Friedman-Johnson

Reviewing and updating species information, updating and creating new species range maps, and development of the Wildlife Species Matrix were supervised by Fish and Game's Habitat and Data Analysis Branch, led by Branch Chief Tom Lupo. Joe Carboni, Darlene McGriff, Kevin Hunting, Monica Parisi, and Roxanne Bittman all provided technical assistance and contributed to the project. This team also provided technical review of the GIS maps in the report.

- Eric Loft contributed to the discussion of resource assessment.
- Gail Presley reviewed the Natural Community Conservation Plans and authored the conservation planning section.
- Chris Stermer provided guidance and assistance with evaluation of GIS data sets and production of GIS maps.

Numerous individuals from local, state, and federal agencies and private conservation organizations provided invaluable input concerning species, ecosystems, habitats, stressors, conservation challenges, and solutions for the regions of the state. The following regional experts provided critical input and/or detailed review of early drafts, greatly enhancing the final wildlife conservation strategy:

Mojave Desert

Jeff Aardahl, Keith Axelson, Kristin Berry, Thomas Bilhorn, Glenn Black, Kirby Brill, Bill Christian, Norman Caoulette, Clarence Everly, John Hamill, Linda Hanson, Ed Hastey, Rebecca Jones, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Larry LaPre, Phil Leitner, Jeffrey E. Lovich, Neil Lynn, Jim Moore, Daniel R Patterson, Gail Presley, Randy Scott, Paul Spitler, Dale Steele, Larry Whalon

Colorado Desert

Tom Anderson, Doug Barnum, Cameron Barrows, Glenn Black, Betsy Bolster, Walter Boyce, Dan Cooper, Jack Crayon, Dick Crowe, Kim Delfino, Lester Dillard, Howard Gross, Chris Hayes, Bryn Jones, Jeanine Jones, Tom Kirk, Chris Knauf, Eddy Konno, Leon Lesicka, Julia Levin, Kimberly Nicol, Jennifer Pitt, Chris Schonam, Paul Smith, Willadeena Thomas

South Coast

Bill Berry, Monica Bond, Trish Chapman, Robert Fisher, Mary Larson, Steve Loe, Claudia Luke, Becky Miller, Scott Morrison, Kristeen Penrod, Gail Presley, Ken Quigley, Dan Silver, Wayne Spencer, Terri Stewart, Camm C. Swift, Bill Tippets, Susan Wynn

Central Coast

Jo Ann Baumgartner, Betsy Bolster, Liz Clark, Paul Collins, Robin Cox, Bob Curry, Bruce Delgado, Julie Delgado, Erin Duffy, Chris Fischer, Deb Hillyard, Dennis Kearns, Jeff Kuyper, Jennifer Moonijan, Gary Page, Gary Patton, Katie Perry, Richard Rayburn, Kevin Shaffer, Gary Shallcross, Bob Stafford, Sam Sweet, Terry Watt, Jim Weigand, Carl Wilcox, Scott Wilson

North Coast - Klamath

John Alexander, Brian Barr, Cathy Bleier, Randy Brown, Richard Callas, Max Creasy, Dominick DellaSala, Lowell Diller, Scott Downie, Diana Jacobs, Karen Kovacs, Bob McAllister, Wendy Millet, Mark Moore, Gail Newton, John O. Sawyer, Jr., Kevin Schaffer, John Siperek, Jack Williams, Peter Yolles

Modoc Plateau

Don Armentrout, Vern Bleich, Richard Callas, Mary Flores, Frank Hall, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Aaron Holmes, Bill Laudenslayer, Eric Loft, John Menke, Richard Miller, Peter Moyle, Melissa Nelson, K.C. Pasero, Tom Rickman, Paul Roush, Bob Schaeffer, Richard Shinn, John Siperek, David Smith, Sydney Smith, Brian Woodbridge, Marty Yamagiwa

Sierra Nevada and Cascades

Don Armentrout, Sam Blankenship, Vern C. Bleich, Louis Blumberg, Walter Boyce, Susan Britting, John Buckley, David Burton, Richard Callas, Laura Colton, Clu Cotter, Frank Davis, Brett Furnas, Dave Graber, Sacha Heath, Carolyn Hunsaker, Kathryn Purcell, Roland Knapp, William Laudenslayer, Eric Loft, Francis Mangels, Mary Ann McCrary, Paul McFarland, Jim McKinney, Curtis Milliron, Peter Moyle, Kevin O'Conner, Steve Parmenter, Tom Rickman, Ken Roby, Jeff Single, John Siperek, David O. Smith, Stan Stephens, Peter Stine, Robb Tibstra

Central Valley and Bay-Delta

Chuck Armor, Randy Baxter, Roger Bloom, Betsy Bolster, Laurie Briden, Julie Brown, Jay Chamberlin, Ann Chrisney, Joshua Collins, Pat Coulston, Steve Edmondson, Kevin Fleming, Greg Gerstenberg, Geoffrey Geupel, Dan Gifford, Armand Gonzales, Rob Hansen, Wayne Harrison, Rob Holbrook, Diana Jacobs, Doug Johnson, Steve Juarez, Patrick Kelly, Wim Kimmerer, Eric Kleinfelter, Tim Kroeker, Alice Low, Jenny Marr, Dennis McEwan, Dale Mitchell, Peter Moyle, Mike Mulligan, Terry Palmisano, Scott Phillips, Rick Rayburn, Larry Saslaw, David Schaub, Michelle Selmon, Bob Shaffer, Jeff Single, John Takekawa, Curt Uptain, Frank Wernette, Roy Woodward, Dawit Zeleke, Dave Zezulak

Marine Region

James Allen, Larry Allen, Mike Beck, Dennis Bedford, Mary Bergen, Steve Crooke, Gary Davis, Paul Dayton, Kate Faulkner, Rod Fujita, Zeke Grader, Mary Gleason, Edwin Grosholz, Pete Haaker, Sean Hastings, Burr Henneman, Konstantin Karpov, Brenna Langabeer, Karen Martin, Sarah McWilliams, James Moore, Dave Parker, Mitchell Perdue, Paul Reilly, Sam Schuchat, Ian Tanaguchi, John Ugoretz, Marija Vojkovich, Anne Walton, Guang-yu Wang, Michael Weber, Pamela Yochem