American marten (Martes americana) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 13

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Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted

I thank Marco Festa-Bianchet, Co-chair, COSEWIC Terrestrial Mammals Specialist Group, for facilitating the status report update. Several persons helped obtain unpublished literature. I am grateful to Brian Hearn and Ian Thompson, Canadian Forest Service; Brian Sturtevant, US Forest Service; Dan Harrison and Angela Fuller, University of Maine; Richard Schneider, Alberta Centre for Boreal Research; Steven Carr, Memorial University; Shawn Gerrow and John Gosse, Parks Canada; Nancy Davy, Environment Canada; and Linda Skinner, Western Newfoundland Model Forest. Brian Hearn is also a Co-chair of the Newfoundland Marten Recovery Team, Wildlife Division and Dan Harrison is a member. Isabelle Schmelzer, Wildlife Division, Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation, and Kirsten Miller, Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, provided the marten distribution maps and shape files. Alain Filion, Assessment Section, COSEWIC Secretariat, Species at Risk Division, Canadian Wildlife Service, with significant input from Isabelle Schmelzer, calculated Extent of Occurrence and Areas of Occupancy. Isabelle Schmelzer also calculated overlap of EO and AO with wood harvesting, and closed and modified snaring and trapping zones.

Joe Brazil, Co-chair of the Newfoundland Marten Recovery, and Senior Manager of the Endangered Species and Biodiversity Section, Wildlife Division, Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation, is acknowledged for facilitating communications with other Recovery Team members. I thank the Newfoundland Marten Recovery Team members and other participants of the recovery team meeting in Corner Brook, January 3-5, 2007, for providing valuable information and comments. Isabelle Schmelzer provided details on the methods of population estimation.

Diane Amirault, Canadian Wildlife Service, Atlantic Region, and Sean Blaney, Atlantic Conservation Data Centre were also consulted.  Funding provided by Environment Canada.