Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus affinis) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 12

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to thank the Vertebrates at Risk Recovery Implementation Group of the Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team for initiating this project. Members of this group include the Chair, Trudy Chatwin, along with John Cooper, Don Eastman, Christian Engelstoft, Kevin Fort, Tom Gillespie, Pippa Shepherd, George Sirk and Louise Waterhouse. Thanks also to Richard Feldman, former RIG Chair, for initially managing this project and to Kevin Fort for rekindling interest. Tom Gillespie conducted much of the field work (2002-2004) that provided current population data. Brian Clark, the Manager of Operations and Maintenance at the Nanaimo Airport, kindly allowed access to that site. Neil Dawe, Paul Levesque, Martin McNicholl, Guy Monty, Ann Nightingale, Rick Schortinghuis, David Allinson and George Sirk provided recent and historic records. Scott Pearson provided records from Washington State. Dave Fraser provided historical habitat information. Richard Feldman, John Cooper and Kevin Fort made helpful comments during a review of the original draft.

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