ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



Staff of The Conservation Foundation who assisted ably with 

 preparation of Volume I include Thomas Ballentine, John Banta, Charles 

 Terrell, Sarah Brooks, Nancy Carter, Ray Lark and Ray Tretheway. Major 

 institutional review and editorial guidance was provided by Dr. J. 

 Clarence Davies, Executive Vice President. Mrs. Laura O'Sullivan was 

 supervisor of manuscript production and Ms. Claudia Wilson was graphics 

 and design director. 



Consultants who made a major input include David C. Williams, 

 principal technical editor, and Oscar Strongin, principal technical 

 advisor on OCS development. Other consultants who generously assisted 

 with review and editing include Drs. Marc Hershman, Joel Goodman, Anthony 

 Mumphrey, Ruth Corwin, and Virginia Tippie, assisted by James Feldman, 

 Peter Klose, Gino Carlucci, Patrick Heffernan and Don Robodne respectively. 



Colleagues who generously contributed their time to review drafts 

 or assist iri other ways include Suzanne Reed, Office of Planning and 

 Research, California Governor's Office, and Michele Tetley, Information 

 Center Director of the Office of Coastal Zone Management. Wilson Laird 

 and Keith Hay, plus other staff members of the American Petroleum Institute, 

 were helpful in locating resources and answering specific technology- 

 related questions. Dr. Frank Gregg, Vincent Ciampa and Irvin Waitsman 

 of the New England River Basins Commission provided information, helpful 

 criticisms and reviews of draft material. 



The authors are grateful for the guidance provided by the Office of 

 Biological Services of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, particularly 

 Drs. Allan Hirsch, William Palmisano and Howard Tait. Larry Shanks of 

 that office was especially helpful with substantive aspects of the work, 

 with painstaking editorial assistance, and with coordination of the 

 manuscript review process. 



We are most appreciative for the assistance of the following U.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service reviewers who commented on draft products: 

 James Barkuloo (Panama City) Office of Biological Services; Dr. Lee 

 Barclay (Galveston) Office of Biological Services; Galveston Field 

 Office of Ecological Services; Drs. Jay Watson and John Byrne (Portland, 

 Oregon) Office of Biological Services; Larry Salaski, (Washington, D.C.) 

 Office of Biological Services; Larry Goldman (Washington, D.C.) Office 

 of Ecological Services; Dr. Burt Brun (Annapolis, Maryland) Office of 

 Biological Services; Richard Huber, (Minneapolis) Office of Biological 

 Services. Other Department of the Interior colleagues who reviewed 

 drafts were Bud Damaburgher, U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Marine Oil 



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