Appendix a – Acknowledgements

Appendix A – Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Terrestrial Managers Group for the opportunity to study visitor issues on the San Juan Islands, as well as assistance with several aspects of the study, including: inviting participants and organizing workshops; providing background information; developing contacts with agencies, NGOs, and people with local expertise; providing staff and volunteers to help with the study; assisting with our fieldwork; and reviewing surveys, protocols, presentations and reports. People who provided considerable assistance with the project are listed below (once each), organized by their major study element or agency/organization.

Terrestrial Managers Group Steering Committee

In particular, we would like to thank several members of the TMG steering committee that helped shepherd the project from funding through completion.

Elexis Fredy, Superintendent, San Juan Island National Historical Park Dona Wuthnow, Director, San Juan County Parks, Recreation, & Fair Marcia DeChadenedes, Monument Manager, SJ Islands Natl. Monument, Bureau of Land Management Lincoln Borman, Director, San Juan County Land Bank Chris Guidotti, San Juan Islands Ranger, Washington State Parks

Other October 2016 Workshop attendees or interviewees

Patty Anderson, Moran State Park Ranger, Orcas Island, WA State Parks Jennifer Brown-Scott, Refuge Manager, WA Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, USFWS Julie Cowen, Chief of Facilities Management, San Juan Island National Historical Park Erin Licata, Program Manager, Youth Conservation Corps, San Juan Islands Conservation District Linda Lyshall, San Juan Islands Conservation District Will Hamilton, Land Manager for Roche Harbor Highlands Craig Hansen, San Juan Transit Deborah Hopkins-Buchanan, Executive Director of San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau Greg Kaiser, American Camp Visitor Center Project Manager, National Park Service Barbara Marrett, Communications and Stewardship Manager, San Juan Islands Visitor Bureau Doug McCutcheon, San Juan Island Stewardship Manager, San Juan County Land Bank Paul McFarland, Natural Areas Manager, Washington Department of Natural Resources Ted Schlund, Former Mt. Moran ranger, Washington State Parks Mark Shelby, Landscape Architect on American Camp Visitor Center Project, OTAK Carson Sprenger, Rainshadow Consulting Jaimie Stephens, County Council member Nick Teague, Outdoor Recreation Planner, San Juan Islands National Monument Duncan Wilson, Town Administrator, Town of Friday Harbor

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Other San Juan Island technicians, volunteers, or information sources

Fiona Sutherland, San Juan County, and lead San Juan coding technician Mary Hoffman, Lime Kiln State Park Aid and lead Lime Kiln technician Toby Haskett, San Juan County Park, and lead onsite survey technician at County Park Dan Shelby, Confluence Research and Consulting technician; lead ferry survey tech

Jordana Ansley, Maintenance, NPS Adrienne Bourne, Admin specialist, San Juan County Parks Recreation and Fair Carleton Burns, NPS and YCC Rich Doss, Lime Kiln State Park Bill Evans, Maintenance, NPS James Finn, San Juan County Code Enforcement Officer Kailey Genther, San Juan Island Naturalist Program Doug Halsey, Cultural Resources, NPS Kathryn Hansen, San Juan County Parks, Recreation and Fair Tami Hayes, Port of Friday Harbor Beth Haynes, San Juan County seasonal technician Colin Maycock, San Juan County Amy Nesler, San Juan Visitors Bureau Rachel Prouch, Confluence Research and Consulting technician Reyna Parsons, Education and interpretation, NPS Bob Otis, Whale researcher Jeremy Ripin, Cultural Resources, NPS Emilio Santiago, Cultural Resources intern, NPS Kendra Smith, San Juan County Public Works, Environmental Resources Manager Chad Weiser, OTAK

Other Orcas Island technicians, volunteers, or information sources

Elsie Pamuk, Friends of Moran SP, and Orcas lead ferry survey and coding volunteer Sherrie Miller, Moran State Park, and Orcas onsite survey lead

Barb Buman, Friends of Moran SP Harvey Clayton, Moran State Park volunteer Bonnie Clayton, Moran State Park volunteer Sabina Dekker, Moran State Park Rick Hughes, Council member Paul Kaimin, Eastsound Water Users Association Joe Symons, volunteer Sandi Talt, Friends of Moran SP

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Other Lopez Island technicians, volunteers, or information sources

Melissa Ruth, Intern and lead Lopez Island onsite, ferry, and coding technician

Jeni Brue, Odlin County Park Tim Clark, SJI County Land Bank Meghan Herold, Spencer Spit State Park Bill McGown, volunteer Tina O’Brien, Spencer Spit State Park Tom Snowden, Odlin County Park

Washington State Ferries staff

Ray Deardorf, Rider statistics lead Teri Haffie, San Juan Islands terminal manager John Vezina, Government Affairs Liaison

Other

Diana MacDonald, Operations, Washington State Parks Darleen Muhly, Use information specialist, Washington State Parks Pam Zeisler, NPS visitor use statistics program

San Juan Island visitors and residents

Finally we thank over 2,000 San Juan Islands visitors and residents who took time away from their trips or leisure to complete on-site or ferry surveys. As their survey comments attest, many people have great passion for the islands and strong opinions about how it should be managed. We hope this report conveys some of that passion as well as fair characterizations of their opinions.

Of course, inclusion in the preceding lists does not imply endorsement of information or conclusions in the report. These people provided very helpful information and diverse opinions that we have attempted to understand and represent, but we are responsible for how the study was conducted and presented.

Doug Whittaker, Bo Shelby, and Dan Shelby

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