Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) COSEWIC assessment and status report 2012: chapter 12

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Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted

Many people contributed to the information contained in this report. The report writer would like to extend her gratitude to all of the following people for generously sharing published reports and manuscripts, and/or other invaluable information and advice: Tom Brown, Holly Cleator, Neil Mochancz, Dave O'Brien, Raymond Ratynski, Jim Reist, Chantelle Sawatzky, Christie Whelan, Paul Welch, Timber Whitehouse (Department of Fisheries and Oceans); Patrick Nantel (Parks Canada); Steve Brechtel, Isabelle Girard, Robin Gutsell (Alberta Fish and Wildlife); Ted Down, Susan Pollard (BC Ministry of Environment); Suzanne Carrière ( Wildlife Division ENR NT); Bruce Bennett, Lars Jessup, Lars Jessup (Environment Yukon); Meherzad Romer (British Columbia Conservation Data Centre); Lorna Allen (Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre); Noel Alfonso, Lynn Gillespie, Sylvie Laframboise (Canadian Museum of Nature); Sue Peters (Alberta Conservation Association); Harry Nyce Sr (Nisga'a Wildlife Committee [NWC] and Joint Fisheries Management Committee); Bruce Stewart (Arctic Biological Consultants); Bob Jamieson (Kinbasket Development Corporation); Don McPhail, Eric Parkinson, Eric Taylor (University of British Columbia); Bruce Rieman (USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station). Neil Mochancz and David O’Brien generously shared unpublished manuscripts. The report writer would also like to thank Jenny Wu (COSEWIC Secretariat) for her collegiality in creating the distribution map and calculating extent of occurrence and area of occupancy. A request was made for ATK related to Bull Trout in Canada but no information was received prior to submission of this report. All authorities contacted by the author in the making of this report are listed in Table 3.