Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Invasive ...

Enterprises West, Inc., Helena Chemical Company, Monsanto Company, Nufarm Turf & Specialty, Wilbur-Ellis Company, and Wilco Industries.Production <strong>of</strong> this proceedings volume has been a long and fragmented process, because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>sporadic availability <strong>of</strong> time and funding. We thank <strong>the</strong> authors for both <strong>the</strong>ir time and effort in preparing<strong>the</strong>se excellent papers, and <strong>the</strong>ir patience as we worked through several years <strong>of</strong> staff changes, competingpriorities, and funding loss. We are especially grateful to Debra Ayres, who ultimately coordinated <strong>the</strong> peerreview <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 36 papers in <strong>the</strong> first three sections <strong>of</strong> this volume; to Drew Kerr, who reviewed and edited <strong>the</strong>16 papers in <strong>the</strong> last section; and to Stephanie Ericson, who worked countless hours for over four years toedit, organize, and layout <strong>the</strong> entire volume.Peggy R. Ol<strong>of</strong>sonOrganizing Committee Chair andDirector, San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Projectii