Acknowledgements and Resources

A committee of dedicated professionals contributed to the various developmental stages of the Prince Edward Island HBAT through discussion and review.

Many thanks to: 

PEI Federation of Agriculture

Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

NatureServe Canada

PEI Department of Agriculture

PEI Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action

PEI Watershed Alliance

Eastern Habitat Joint Venture

Foundational resources for Prince Edward Island HBAT are the precursive Alberta and Nova Scotia HBATs. The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association provided national technical expertise and fostered collegial collaboration among provinces during the tool’s development process across Canada. This project has been funded by the Canada Nature Fund through Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Public and private biodiversity data sources are one of the backbones of this tool and have been shared with this project in the spirit of conservation and collaboration. We further gratefully acknowledge all volunteer participants who gathered observations and data for citizen science databases. 

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