Thomas L. Fleischner,^1,*,** M. Lisa Floyd,^1,*** Jessie Rack,^2,**** David Hanna,^1,***** Karen Blevins,^3,****** Bruce Christman,^4,******* Andrew T. Holycross<sup>5,********

1</sup>Natural History Institute
²Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
³Independent Geospatial Technologies Consultant
⁴Herpetological Conservation, LLC
⁵Arizona State University – Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center

^*Corresponding author: tom@naturalhistoryinstitute.org; 928-863-3232
^**Thomas L. Fleischner is Senior Advisor & Director Emeritus of the Natural History Institute, Faculty Emeritus at Prescott College, and a past Chair of the Natural History Section of the Ecological Society of America. His work has highlighted the need for a rejuvenation of natural history, in the natural sciences and in society at large. He is the author or editor of four books, most recently, Nature, Love, Medicine: Essays On Wildness and Wellness and The Way of Natural History.
^***M. Lisa Floyd (aka Lisa Floyd-Hanna) is a professor emeritus of environmental studies at Prescott College and a Research Affiliate at the Natural History Institute in Prescott, Arizona. She received a BS in Biology and an MS in Botany from University of Hawai‘i, and a PhD in Evolutionary Ecology from the University of Colorado. For four decades she has conducted research on reproductive biology and ecological process, including fire history and dynamics, in Colorado and Arizona forests and woodlands.
^****Jessie Rack was, until recently, Program Director of the Natural History Institute, and is currently Assistant Teaching Professor of Biological Writing at Northern Arizona University. She earned a PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut, where her research investigated how aquatic salamander larvae differentiate between predators on the basis of chemical cues. She has also taught writing in the Princeton Writing Program and is an AAAS If/Then Ambassador, a prestigious national award that honors contributions from female scientists and enables them to serve as STEM role models for young women.
^*****David Hanna is emeritus instructor of Environmental Studies at Prescott College and a Research Affiliate of the Natural History Institute in Prescott, Arizona. He received his BA in Natural History from Fort Lewis College and an MS from Antioch University. His research has applied GIS technology to numerous projects including vegetation mapping and fire histories in the southwestern United States.
^******Karen Blevins is an independent contractor in the Geospatial Technologies industry. She has worked in private industry as a GIS Analyst and was the Geospatial Technologies Program Director at Mesa Community College for over 17 years. Karen led the geodatabase and mapping component of Snakes of Arizona.
^*******Bruce Christman is a Conservation Herpetologist working as a private consultant in collaboration with state, federal, and private entities involved in furthering conservation and recovery of T&E herp species in New Mexico.
^********Andrew T. Holycross is a professor at Mesa Community College, adjunct faculty in the Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center at Arizona State University, and a Research Affiliate at the Natural History Institute in Prescott, Arizona. He is an editor of Snakes of Arizona and an author of A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona (2nd edition).