GEOFFREY A. HAMMERSON, Research Zoologist with NatureServe and The Nature Conservancy since 1985, also teaches ecology and natural history at Wesleyan University. He has served as an endangered species consultant with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and is a member of the Haddam Wetlands Commission. He is the author of Amphibians and Reptiles in Colorado (1999) and coauthor of Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States (2000) and Tidewaters of the Connecticut River (2001).