Conservation Northwest protects and connects old-growth forests and other wild areas from the Washington Coast to the British Columbia Rockies, vital to a healthy future for us, our children, and wildlife. Since 1989, Conservation Northwest has worke
Issue link: http://conservationnw.uberflip.com/i/947349
28 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We appreciate supportive grants from Icicle Fund, WDFW ALEA Cooperative Grants Program, and The Orvis Company. We're also very grateful for the following individuals who adopted teams and team members for the 2015 season: Shannon Beasley-Bailey, Jeff Daffron, Barbara Hawkins, Karen Millward, and Tanja Wilcox. We thank the individual advisory council members, specific survey area advisers, and project collaborators for the talent, time, and guidance they provided: Jocelyn Akins (Cascades Carnivore Project), Keith Aubrey (USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station), Scott Becker (WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife), Michael Borysewicz (Colville National Forest), Craig Broadhead (WA Department of Transportation), Carol Chandler (Gifford Pinchot National Forest), Roger Christophersen (North Cascades National Park), Scott Fitkin (WA Department of Fish and Wildlife), William Gaines (Conservation Science Institute), Patty Garvey-Darda (Okanogan- Wenatchee National Forest), John Jakubowski (Gifford Pinchot National Forest), Gregg Kurz (US Fish and Wildlife Service), Chris Loggers (Colville National Forest),Robert Long (formerly Western Transportation Institute, Woodland Park Zoo), Andrea Lyons (Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest), Paula Mackay (formerly Western Transportation Institute), Kelly McAllister (WA Dept. of Transportation), Jesse McCarty (Okanogan- Wenatchee National Forest), William Moore (WA Department of Fish and Wildlife), Chris Morgan (Western Wildlife Outreach and BearTrek), Sonny Paz (Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest), Jesse Plumage (Mt. Baker- Snoqualmie National Forest), Cathy Raley (USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station), Jo Ellen Richards (Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests), Regina M. Rochefort, Ph.D. (North Cascades National Park), John Rohrer (Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest), Jay Shepard (WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife), Joan St. Hilaire (Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest), David Volsen (WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife), Aja Woodrow (Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest), Don Youkey (Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest), and Josh Zylstra (WA Department of Transportation). We would like to thank Lui Marinelli of Selkirk College and his students, who partnered with us to extend our study area. We would like to thank our volunteers, whose hard work in and out of the field made this season possible: Team Leaders Trent Banks, Cathy Clark, Jim Clark, Kyle Ebenhoch, Kelly Frazee, Cathy Gaylord, Drew Gaylord, Chase Gunnell, Lindsey Hamilton, Pete Kelly, Melinda Mast, Chad Maurer, Gail Pethe, Michael Prince, Katie Remine, Paul Rhallyo, Dave Rodenhizer, Debbie Rodenhizer, Tess Rooney, Brandon Rossi, Erin Ryan, Becky Snijder van Wiessenkerke, Bryan Torell, Erin Tudor, Haley Watson. Team Members: Bill Agnew, Kristian Boose, Phin Bowen, Ellen Bradish, Bob Cox, Chance Erikson, Andy Franjevic, Kelly Frazee, Ben Hagedorn, Zoe Hayes, Tori Henderson, Jake Hixon, Richard Johnson, Kaylee Kautz, Oliver Ludlow, Brayden McCarty, Jesse McCarty, Patricia Miller, Jeff Muchard, Selena Nuutinen, Larry O'Neil, Chelsea Reissler, Natalie Reskza, Melissa Rienstra, Richie Rivera-Booth, Kelly Ryan, Caroline Snijder, Doug Stevens, Tom Stonehocker, Margy Taylor, Theo Thompson, Rusty Thurman, Jenna Walenga, Bill Whipple, Aja Woodrow, Kelli Young Beach, Keri Young. We have many volunteers and active supporters who contribute their time and expertise in various ways throughout the course of the program and the potential to miss people ever looms. Thank you to any we have missed!