| Foremost,
I wish to thank Holly Ford, Graduate Assistant in the M. A. program
in Biology and Education at Drake University, for her careful
work in preparing and cataloging the herbarium specimens collected
from the Saylorville site, and for her dedication to the success
of this project. My appreciation is extended also to Burton Haglan
, Instructor Emeritus of Botany at Drake University, for technical
advice, and to Jerry Honts, Assistant Professor of Biology, for
his mentorship in the area of computer graphics and web site
development. I would like to thank Jim Christiansen, Professor
of Biology, for taking pictures of the goatsbeard and pale coneflower,
when I was unable to get into the field. I especially appreciate
the cooperation received from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
and their personnel, Jerry DeMarce, Director of the Saylorville
Lake Recreation Area, and Ranger Kelly Ulrick, for providing
office space, at the Saylorville site, for completion of this
project during my sabbatical leave. Funding, received from a
Drake University Faculty Research Grant and from the Department
of Biology, toward this project, is gratefully acknowledged. |