Acknowledgments

The compilation and production of this web site has been a major project that would not have been possible without the knowledge, time and cooperation of an extensive group of dedicated people. To make it easier to find where everyone made their contribution we have divided the production into a number of areas.

• Concept and project management
• Programming & Database Design and Data Management
• Site Look & Feel and useability
• Images
• Image collection, manipulation and copyright
• GIS Support
• Associated applications
• Vegetation information
• Authors of species profiles
• Additional Scientific Input
• Additional editorial and content
• Department of Environment and Conservation executive sponsors

Concept and project management
Michael Saxon
Lorraine Oliver
Alex Fahey, Unique Ideas Australia

Site look and feel
Anthony Hutchings
Peter Sherratt
Lorraine Oliver
Alex Fahey, Unique Ideas Australia

Site useability
The efforts of Anthony Hutchings in improving the useability of this site are greatly acknowledged

Programming & Database Design and Data Management
Alex Fahey, Unique Ideas Australia.
Greg Long formerly of Information and Assessment Section, South Branch established the first version of the database.
Database currently maintained by Michael Saxon.
Anthony Hutchings and Lorraine Oliver produced the distribution maps.

Authors of Species Profiles(all from DEC unless otherwise indicated)
Andrew Claridge
Andrew Steed
Annette McKinley
Damon Oliver
Deb Stevenson
Dianne Brown
Dianne Mackey
Fisheries Ecosystems (NSW Department of Primary Industries) - input coordinated by Peter Galagher
Genevieve Wright
Geoff Robertson
Ian Fraser, Vertego Education
James Dawson
Kate Dallimore
Keith McDougall
Kersten Tuckey
Linda Broome
Lorraine Oliver
Lynn Baker
Maria Matthes
Martin Bremne
Meagan Ewings
Melanie Bannerman
Michael Maher
Michael Mulvaney
Michael Murphy
Michael Saxon
Nick Sheppard
Peter Christie
Rainer Rehwinkel
Ray Giddins
Robert Humphries
Rod Pietsch
Sarah Burke
Shane Ruming
Simon Nally
Stephen Clark
Steve Priday
Tania Duratovic
Timothy Nott
Todd Soderquist
Toni McLeish
Zarni Bear(BMU staff)

Images
The site management team extends its thanks to the numerous photographers who contributed photos to this site. Each of the photos are labelled with the photographers name and any related copyright information.

Image collection, manipulation and copyright management
Lorraine Oliver
Ron Haering
Kylie McClelland
Deidre Rogers
Katrina McKay
Ray Giddens
Tanya Laity

GIS Support
Phillip Glesson assisted with the provision and analysis of NSW Wildlife Atlas Data.
Shawn Capararo and Michael Saxon derived the sub-regionalisation of the CMAs. This was based on a draft sub-IBRA layer provided by Julianne Smart. Many thanks to Lyn Finch (Southern GIS Support Officer) for her patience in providing the project management team with frequent expert advice.

Associated Applications
This site links to the Www.bionet.nsw.gov.au and the web application NSW Native Vegetation Map. Thankyou to Gary Hyde and Ajay Ranipeta for all their work in establishing this.

Vegetation Information This site is strongly reliant on vegetation information derived by a number of staff from DECs Information and Assessment Sections including Shawn Capararo, Wil Allen, Tom Barrett, Tim Hager, Paul Sheringham, and Miranda Kerr. Dani Ayers from the Woodlands Ecology Unit project managed the complilation of this data.

David Keith allowed us to use much of the information from his publication "Ocean shores to desert dunes: the native vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT", (Keith 2004, publ. by the NSW Government). David wrote summaries of each of the vegetation classes for this website - his contribution is gratefully acknowledged. Liz Tasker and Lorraine Oliver organised the vegetation photos. Zarni Bear provided the summary descriptions of all of the vegetation formations. These are based on Keith (2004).

Additional Scientific Input Ken Turner, James Val, Vanessa Allen, and Darren Shelley all of the Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources provided detailed significant scientific and editorial input into many of the species profiles. Their input was invaluable.

Additional content
Lorraine Oliver
Michael Saxon
Anthony Hutchings
Luke Bond
Louisa Mammouney

Department of Environment and Conservation Executive Sponsors
This project would not have been possible without the support of Simon Smith, Deputy-Director General Environmental Protection and Regulation Division and Gary Whytcross, Director South Branch (EPRD)