Content Acknowledgements
This revision of the Natural History of Nova Scotia was made possible through the perseverence and vision of Dr. Derek S. Davis, until recently Chief Curator of Natural History at the Nova Scotia Museum.

The project was built on the work of hundreds of people who have worked and are working in Nova Scotia. In an attempt to synthesize the work, we have particularly relied on the expertise of a number of people in the civil service and the academic community as well as field naturalists. Some of these people have reviewed drafts of the manuscript, but the final decisions are those of the project team. We wish to acknowledge with deep gratitude the contributions of those people listed below, but we do not hold them responsible for any errors or omissions. We apologize if we have missed anyone who contributed to the project.

The project was funded under the Canada/Nova Scotia Agreement on Sustainable Economic Development and was based at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History.

The following people helped produce this revised edition of the Natural History of Nova Scotia:

Volumes I and II Project team:

Project Coordinator
Sue Browne

Project Administrator
Derek S. Davis

Data Manager
Maria Hartery

Graphic Design
David MacDonald

Researchers
Ron Loucks, Loucks Oceanology Ltd.
Bernie McGuire, Heather MacLeod,
Pat Stewart, Envirosphere Consultants Ltd.

Technical editing
Sue Browne, Susan Lucy,
Derek Davis

Copy editing
Douglas Beall, Nicole Watkins Campbell,
Iris Coupe, Rebecca Fleming,
Peter King, Robbie Rudnicki,
Susan Lucy

Original illustrations
Derek Davis, Gary Patterson,
Barry Donovan, Robert Raeside,
Barbara Lock, Fred Scott,
Clinton Milligan, Jeffrey Ward

Map
Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre,
Tod Burt, Lee MacNeill,
Gordon Cranton

Support design
Neil Meister, Kevin Sollows

Production art
Derek Cowie Design, Sherry Laidlaw

Production Manager
John Hennigar-Shuh

Photographs from the collections of:
Phyllis Blades, Bob Bancroft, Karen Casselman, Alan Dauphinee, Mark Elderkin, Carl Haycock, Oliver Maass, Linda Morris, Tim Randall, Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, and the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO).

The following provincial agencies contributed to the revision:
Department of Agriculture and Marketing with special thanks to Ken Beesley, Rob Gordon, Mike Langlands, Phil Warman, Ken Webb

Department of Education and Culture with special thanks to Penny Brown, Angéline Doucet, John Gilhen, Bob Grantham, Debra McNabb, Scott Robson, Fred Scott, Sheila Stevenson, Alex Wilson, Ruth Whitehead, Barry Wright, John Hennigar-Shuh
Department of the Environment with special thanks to Dave Briggens, Andrew Cameron, Herb Doane, Darryl Taylor
Department of Fisheries with special thanks to Bob Bancroft, Kim Kelsey, Don MacLean
Department of Municipal Affairs with special thanks to Brian Cuthbertson
Department of Natural Resources with special thanks to Sandy Anderson, Dan Banks, Bob Boehner, Fred Boner, Colleen Brothers, John Calder, Howard Donahoe, Tony Duke, John Gillis, Ross Hall, Andrew Hanam, Paul Harvey, Dave Harris, David Hopper, Chris Kavanaugh, Duncan Keppie, John Leduc, Art Lynds, Jack MacDonald, Randy Milton, Peter Neiley, Tony Nette, Mike O'Brien, Garth Prime, Mark Pulsifer, Peter Rogers, Barry Sabean, Dale Smith, Ken Snow, Ralph Stea, Chris Trider, Paul Tufts
Department of Supply and Services with special thanks to Susan Lucy and Nicole Watkins Campbell

The following federal agencies contributed to the revision:
Atlantic Geoscience Centre with special thanks to Gordon Fader, Don Forbes, Peter Giles, Gary Grant, Lubomir Jansa, Bob Miller, David Piper, Bob Taylor, John Wade
Canada/Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board with special thanks to Dave Brown
Canadian Wildlife Service with special thanks to Diane Amirault, Dick Brown, Tony Erskine, Steffan Gerriets, Peter Hicklin, Joe Kerekes, Tony Lock, AlSmith
Department of Agriculture with special thanks to Gary Patterson
Department of Canadian Heritage with special thanks to James Bridgeland, David Lawley, Neil Munro, Judith Tulloch
Department of National Defense with special thanks to Wayne Lumpsdon
Department of Fisheries and Oceans with special thanks to Don Gordon, Barry Hargrave, Brian Petrie, Gerald Seibert, Wes White
Environment Canada with special thanks to Don Ambler, Tom Clair, John Dublin, Colleen Farrell
National Resource Council of Canada with special thanks to Carolyn Bird

The following academic institutions contributed to the project:
Acadia University with special thanks to Graham Daborn, Mike Dodswell, Sherman Bleakney, Tom Herman, Redge Newell, Ruth Newell, Bob Raeside
Dalhousie University with special thanks to Barry Clark, Bill Friedman, Martin Giblin, Paul Schenk, Bob Scheibling, Dave Scott, Pierre Taschereau
Mount Allison University with special thanks to Laing Ferguson
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design with special thanks to Pat Manuel
St. Francis Xavier University with special thanks to Tony Davis
Saint Mary's University with special thanks to Terrence Day, Greg Klassen, Henrietta Mann, Hugh Millward, David Richardson, Doug Strongman, John Waldron
Technical University of Nova Scotia with special thanks to Terry Hennigar
University College of Cape Breton with special thanks to Don Arseneau, Charles Taylor