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acknowledgments This book is a collaboration that evolved over many years. We gratefully acknowledge the intellectual contributions and social support of many colleagues and friends throughout the world who have helped us to assimilate knowledge and to focus our passion for the environment. We are especially indebted to Dr. Wayne Clough, who provided insight into the frontiers of environmental technology and access to cutting edge research unfolding at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Provost Gary Schuster, Vice-Provost Anderson Smith, Professor Ed Loveland, Professor Lawrence James, and Professor Bryan Norton also provided advice, guidance, and new opportunities to learn. We are also grateful to former colleagues at West Georgia College who helped make the interdisciplinary environmental studies program a distinct success and a profound influence. We appreciate the access to many zoological parks, aquariums, wildlife facilities, national parks, and reserves where we were inspired and humbled. Resourceful gatekeepers and interpreters included Zhang Anju, Mike and Joyce Basel, Gary Clarke, John Coe, Bill Conway, Jim Else, Ron Forman, Bill Foster, Clayton Freiheit, David Hancocks , Jack Hanna, Gary Lee, Don Lindburg, Keith Lovett, John Lukas, Cynthia Moss, Gunther Nogge, Stephanie Acknowledgments xviii Powers, Craig Piper, George Rabb, Ramon Rhine, Dietrich Schaaf, Christian Schmidt, David Towne, and Cunningham von Somaren, to name an important few. Our opportunities to learn about the environment were also aided by our working relationships with Kane Baker, Nelly Bourne, Syd Butler, Paul Coverdell, Carolyn Boyd Hatcher, Robert Holder Jr., Zell Miller, Robert C. Petty, Clare Richardson, Lessie Smithgall, Joe Tanner, Mark Taylor , Jean Wineman, Andrew Young, and Zhang Zihe. Special insight into scientific issues has resulted from our conversations with Edwin Colbert, Rita Colwell, Howard Cramer, Dick Dangle, Joe Erwin, Jack Horner, Michael Novacek, Mark Norrell, Robert Sommer, Richard Tenaza, Lynne Rothschild, Bob Walker, Paul Walker, and E. O. Wilson . We also gratefully acknowledge the lessons learned from studying the published works of Roy Chapman Andrews , Henry Beston, Raymond Ditmars, Heini Hediger, Aldo Leopold, Henry Fairfield Osborne, Gi√ord Pinchot, and Robert M. Yerkes. Time spent at Calloway Gardens with Bo Calloway and his environmental team has been both inspirational and informative. We also acknowledge the decisive environmental leadership of Jim Jacoby and Hilburn Hillstad whose experience in innovative brown- field mitigation and landfill energy systems demonstrates what can be achieved with a total commitment to innovation , partnership, and entrepreneurial spirit. We are indebted to our primary editor at the Johns Hopkins University Press, Vincent Burke. The comments [44.211.117.101] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 16:45 GMT) Acknowledgments xix and constructive criticism of Vince Haley, Rick Tyler, and Daniel Ballon and the editorial skills of Andre Barnett were extremely helpful. The business acumen and consistent leadership of Kathy Lubbers greatly facilitated our collaboration . Even as we acknowledge our debt to the many friends and mentors who shaped our ideas and our point of view, we take full responsibility for any mistakes, omissions, or misinterpretations herein. This page intentionally left blank ...