1997 Acknowledgements
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The Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide was produced over a three year period through
a cooperative effort involving many individuals and organizations.
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The Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
the Colorado Natural Heritage Program and The Nature Conservancy provided funds
to produce the Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide. Funds for publication of the guide
were provided by the U.S. Forest Service; the Denver Botanic Gardens; the Natural
Resources Conservation Service; The Nature Conservancy; and the Colorado Natural
History Small Grants Program, made possible by the Colorado Natural Areas Program
and the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund. Additional sponsors are listed on the
following page. Sheri Morris and Tamera Hammack with the Bureau of Land Management
in Cheyenne, Wyoming provided technical assistance in the prepress production of
this document.
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Data gathered from herbaria in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, and Oklahoma were
essential to the generation of accurate species accounts. We thank William Weber,
Thomas Ranker, and Timothy Hogan with the University of Colorado Herbarium; Ronald
Hartman and Ernie Nelson with the Rocky Mountain Herbarium; David Steingraber with
the Colorado State University Herbarium; Hobart Dixon with the Adams State College
Herbarium; Sylvia Kelso with the Colorado College Herbarium; Walter Kelley with
the Mesa State College Herbarium; William Harmon with the University of Northern
Colorado Herbarium; Neal Osborn with the University of Southern Colorado Herbarium;
David Jamieson with the Fort Lewis College Herbarium; Stanley Welsh, Kaye Thorne,
and Duane Atwood with the Brigham Young University Herbarium; Mary Barkworth and
Linda Allen with the Intermountain Herbarium at Utah State University; Michael Windham
and Ann Kelsey with the Garrett Herbarium at the University of Utah; Margaret Bolick
with the CE Bessey Herbarium at the University of Nebraska; Janet Wingate with the
Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium at the Denver Botanic Gardens; Ronald Tyrl with the Oklahoma
State University Herbarium; Paula Lehr with the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab.
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We appreciate the input of our technical reviewers including Betsy Neely, Walter
Kelley, Janet Wingate, Tom Ranker, Gwen Kittel, John Sanderson, Julie Burt, Craig
Freeman, Ronald Hartman, Walter Fertig and Peter Root.
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One of the great strengths of the guide is the depth of information provided through
the technical illustrations and photographs. Individual artists and photographers
are recognized throughout the text.
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Illustrations of Astragalus brandegei, A. detritalis, A. duchesnensis, A. musiniensis,
A. nelsonianus, A. piscator, A. rafaelensis, and A. sesquiflorus were reprinted
with permission from Intermountain Flora, volume 3B, copyright 1989, The New York
Botanical Garden. Illustrations of Cryptantha caespitosa, C. elata, C. mensana,
C. osterhoutii, and C. rollinsii were reprinted with permission from Intermountain
Flora, volume 4, copyright 1984, The New York Botanical Garden. The illustration
of Aster horridus was reprinted with permission from A Handbook of Rare and Endemic
Plants of New Mexico by the New Mexico Native Plants Protection Advisory Committee,
copyright 1984, UMI Books on Demand. Illustrations of Cypripedium fasiculatum and
Erigeron lanatus were reprinted with permission from Vascular Plants of the Pacific
Northwest, parts 1 and 5, copyright 1969, University of Washington Press. Illustration
of Salix myrtillifolia was reprinted with permission, copyright Jack Carter.
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We are grateful for the many hours of hard work contributed by the Colorado Natural
Heritage Program staff including Chris Pague, Katie Pague, Steve Kettler, Nancy
Lederer, Diane Bacher, Vicki Frey, Renée Rondeau, Laura Carsten, Kim Fayette, Amy
Holcombe, Maryanne Dornfeld, Julie Burt, Sara Gilbert, Denise Culver, Celine Donofrio,
Jill Handwerk and Daryl Burkhard.
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We thank all of the members of the Colorado Rare Plant Technical Committee, especially
Lucy Jordan who started the Committee and brought forward the idea of a Colorado
Rare Plant Field Guide.
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Finally, the authors of the Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide would like to acknowledge
the following organizations for their commitment to rare flora research and conservation.
Their contributions towards printing costs helped ensure that copies of this Field
Guide could be found in any office, field vehicle, classroom, or library.
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