Beach pinweed (Lechea maritima) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14
The authors appreciate the assistance of the numerous people who contributed to the preparation of this report. Rosemary Curley and Mark Arsenault of the Prince Edward Island Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry, arranged boat transportation to many sites. Rosemary Curley also aided in the survey of populations and potential habitat, provided information on land ownership and provincial regulation for Prince Edward Island population sites. Maureen Toner of the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources supplied land ownership information for New Brunswick population sites. Dominique Bérubé, of the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, answered questions and spoke at length concerning the geomorphology of barrier dunes and the effects of climate change and sea-level rise. Réal Daigle at Environment Canada provided digital elevation flood maps produced with light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology. Éric Tremblay at Kouchibouguac National Park supplied documentation on the evolution of Kouchibouguac and Richibucto sand dunes. Sam Vander Kloet communicated his discovery of Lechea maritima var. subcylindrica at Cabot Provincial Park and verified potential habitat sites on Nova Scotia’s Northumberland Coast. Stefen Gerriets, Data Manager of the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, assisted in the production of distribution maps. Ruth Newell of the E.C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University and Marian Munro of the Nova Scotia Provincial Museum examined specimens for potential Nova Scotia occurrences. For significantly contributing to available information on Gulf of St. Lawrence beach pinweed, the authors would also like to thank all those involved in recent Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre and Irving Eco-Centre fieldwork projects involving rare coastal plants.
Funding for fieldwork was provided by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), and funding for previous fieldwork efforts was provided by the Endangered Species Recovery Fund (Environment Canada and World Wildlife Fund), Habitat Stewardship Fund (Environment Canada), New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund and New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund.
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