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Acknowledgments
Funding of the Resources Inventory Committee work, including the preparation of this
document, is provided by the Corporate Resource Inventory Initiative (CRII) and by Forest
Renewal BC (FRBC). Preliminary work of the Resources Inventory Committee was funded
by the Canada-British Columbia Partnership Agreement of Forest Resource Development
FRDA II.
The Resources Inventory Committee consists of representatives from various ministries and
agencies of the Canadian and the British Columbia governments as well as from First
Nations peoples. RIC objectives are to develop a common set of standards and procedures
for the provincial resources inventories, as recommended by the Forest Resources
Commission in its report “The Future of our Forests”.
For further information about the Resources Inventory Committee and its various Task
Forces, please access the Resources Inventory Committee Website at:
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/ric
Terrestrial Ecosystems Task Force
All decisions regarding protocols and standards are the responsibility of the Resources
Inventory Committee. The following people made substantial contributions to various
sections of this manual: Introduction - Rob Cannings, Andrew Harcombe, Leah Westereng;
Birds - Mike McNall, Jim Cosgrove; Mammals - Lesley Kennes; Amphibians and Reptiles -
Kelly Sendall; Fish - Kelly Sendall; Terrestrial Arthropods - Rob Cannings, David Blades;
Aquatic and Marine Invertebrates - Kelly Sendall. Helpful comments were submitted by
Peter Newroth and Del Meidenger.
Background information and protocols presented in this version are based on the unpublished
draft government report, Manual for Voucher Specimen Collection, Preparation,
Identification and Storage Protocol for Inventories in British Columbia, prepared for the
Resources Inventory Committee by M.G. Shepard and M. Lambert. Assistance for this draft
manual was appreciated from the following people listed. Brenda Callan provided a synopsis
of protocol for fungi voucher specimens that was most useful in the preparation of this
report. Stan Orchard (herpetology) and Adolf Ceska (vascular plants) made valuable
suggestions on the specimen preparation sections. Julie Oliveira gave us information on
preserving marine algae. Rob Cannings and Trudy Chatwin provided direction on the
preparation of this manual, and Phil Lambert was a constant source of helpful comments
throughout the project.
This manual was edited to its final form by Leah Westereng.
June 9, 1999
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