We would like to thank the steering group, and Martin Harper in particular, and the following people who attended focus groups, completed questionnaires and put time aside to be interviewed, often at short notice. The project would not have been possible without the substantial feedback we received from all who participated.

 

Keith Alexander (NT), Clifton Bain (RSPB), John Baxter (SNH), Keith Bland (Initiative for Scottish Insects), Simon Breasley (BASC), Steve Brooks (NHM), Greg Carson (Flintshire County Council), Sergeant P. Charleston (North Wales Police), David Chamberlain (Botanical Society of Scotland), Bernadette Clark (MCS), John Clorely (DETR), Adam Cole-King (CCW), David Connor (JNCC), Rob Cooke (EN), Brian Coppins (RBG Edinburgh), Keith Corbett (HCT), John Davis (Butterfly Conservation), Ruth Davis (Plantlife), Dave Dick (RSPB), David Donnan (SNH), Sandy Downey (SNH), Mr. A.J. Dugdale (CPS), Joan Edwards (TWT), Graham Elliott (RSPB), Lynne Farrell (SNH), Sue Fisher (WDCS), Tony Fletcher (British Lichen Society), Prof. Garth Foster (Balfour-Browne Club), Jim Foster (Froglife), Adrian Fowles (CCW), Tony Gent (EN), Steve Gibson (JNCC), Paul Gilliland (EN), Mick Green (BANC, Welsh Wildlife Trusts and Wales Wildlife & Countryside Link), Peter Hancocks (ADAS), Katherine Hearn (NT), David Henshilwood (EN), Nick Hodgetts (JNCC), Liz Howe (CCW), Andy Jones (CCW), Sarah Jones (WWF), Roger Key (EN), Paul Knapman (EN), David Long (RBG Edinburgh), David Lonsdale (AES), Phil Lusby (RBG Edinburgh), Ian McGowan (SNH), Helen McLachlin (RSPCA), Ian McLean (JNCC), Mandy McMath (CCW), Peter Maitland (consultant), Stephen Miles (BENHS), Roger Mitchell (EN), Sir Norman Moore, David Nellist (British Arachnological Society), Vicki O'Keeffe (CPS), Richard Page (Greenpeace), Chief Superindendent Steve Parnwell (Cambridgeshire Constabulary), David Phillips (SNH), Matt Phillips (FoE), Sam Pollard (MCS), Pond Action, Ron Porley (EN), Sian Pullen (WWF), Callum Rankine (WWF), Derek Ratcliffe (consultant), Rob Raynor (SNH), Joanna Robertson (CCW), Gordon Rothero (British Bryological Society), Trevor Salmon (DETR), Tim Sands (The Wildlife Trusts), Gillie Sargent (The Mammal Society), Bob Savile (SWT), Mike Scott (Plantlife), Colin Shedden (BASC), David Shepard (EN), Richard Shuter (The Otter Trust), Mark Simmonds (WDCS), Alastair Sommerville (SWT), Rod Stern (British Bryological Society), Alan Stewart (RES), Alan Stewart (Tayside Police), Alan Stubbs, Chris Sydes (SNH), Mark Tasker (JNCC), Steve Tapper (The Game Conservancy Trust), Ian Taylor (EN), Dave Thorpe (Environment Agency, Wales), Stephen Ward (SNH), Paul Waring (consultant), Superintendent John Williams (North Wales Police), Nick Williams (DETR), Jane Withey (DETR), Corinna Woodall (EN), Bryony Worthington (WCL).

 

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