The Western San Juan Mountains: Their Geology, Ecology, and Human History

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS All authors and editors ofthis book volunteered their own time and effort and paid their own expenses. All chapters were reviewed either by fellow authors and editors or by outside experts. Only the outside reviewers will be acknowledged here. Audrey DcLella Benedict read the entire manuscript and made many insightful suggestions . Fred Vanden Bergh drafted many ofthe maps and figures, such as the Stratigraphic Chart and those found in Chapters 2 and 6, and helped prepare the maps in Chapter 19. Carolec Kohn helped compile the bibliography and produced some ofthe tables. Pat Blair read the manuscript and helped prepare the maps in Chapter 19. Indirectly, the U.S. Forest Service has contributed to this book through its development of the San Juan Skyway and its funding of research that led to some of the findings discussed in Chapter 14. Chapter acknowledgments include - Chapter 1: Mary Gillam, Sandi Williams; Chapter 7: Tom Westervelt, Fred Johnson; Chapter 9: Dick Armstrong, Tim Brown, Nolan Doesken, Michael Gillespie, George Kiladis; Chapters 10-13: John F. Reed, J. Page Lindsey, Jeff Redders; Chapter 14: Kevin Black, Alan Reed; Chapter 15: David Breternitz, Alan Kane, Ann Bond; and Chapter 18: Gay Smith. We also wish to thank all those students and others not listed individually who not only contributed to our knowledge base but also inspired us to further our research. xiii THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ...