Mountain holly fern (Polystichum scopulinum) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14

Biographical Summary of Report Writers

 

Dr. George Wayne Douglas (1938-2005), well-known and respected British Columbia botanist, whose contribution to COSEWIC included over 30 status reports, died in Duncan, BC, on 10 February 2005, after a short battle with cancer.

George W. Douglas had an M.Sci. (Forestry) from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. (Botany) from the University of Alberta, Edmonton. George worked with rare plants for over 20 years. He was senior author of The Rare Plants of the Yukon (1981), The Rare Plants of British Columbia (1985) and Rare Native Plants of British Columbia (1998, 2002). He was also the senior editor for the Illustrated Flora of British Columbia (1998-2002) and was the program botanist for the British Columbia Conservation Data Centre from 1991 until 2003. George wrote or co-wrote 33 COSEWIC status reports and three update status reports during this period.

Jacques Labrecque has an M.Sci. (Botany) from the Université de Montréal. Jacques has worked with rare vascular plants since 1990 and, since 1994, has been the program assistant botanist at the Centre de données sur le patrimoine naturel. He is co-author of Les plantes menacées ou vulnérables du Québec (2002). He is also the author of two COSEWIC status reports and four provincial status reports.

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