Aknowledgements

The WDC relies heavily on the
cooperation of many local, state and federal agencies in addition to
private citizens, local companies, and various civic groups. So,
a big thanks goes to:

• The Negaunee Foundation
• City of Lake Forest
  Parks & Recreation
• The Friends of Lake
  Forest Parks & Recreation Foundation
• The Lake Forest
  Community
• The Elawa Farm Commission
  and Foundation
• Lake County Forest
  Preserve District
• Illinois Department
  of Natural Resources
• U.S. Fish &
  Wildlife Service
• School District
  115
• School District
  67
• Lake Forest Open
  Lands Association
• Chicago Herpetological
  Society
• St. Louis Herpetological
  Society
• Wisconsin Herpetological
  Society
• A special thanks
  to the following City Staff for their continued support: Wendy
  McKiernan (Superintendent of Recreation), Fred Jackson (Former Director of
  Parks & Recreation - retired), Mary Van Arsdale (current Director of Parks & Recreation), Bob Kiely (City Manager) and the Honorable
  Mayor Rummel
• Dr. Michael Corn (for being the Curator’s mentor in his college years and for his continued support)
• Dr. James Gillingham, Central Michigan University, for allowing students in our community to have access to the biological station on Beaver Island
• Jim Thompson
• Steve Brown
• Michael Malawy
• Scott Ballard, IDNR
• Joe Kath, IDNR
• Ray Pawley, former Curator of Reptiles at Brookfield Zoo and now an International Zoo Consultant

Additionally, we have been
involved with some wonderful conservation efforts including:

• The Max Schewitz
  Foundation (www.maxandthewildthings.com)
• Western Fox Snake conservation of Lake County
• The Guatemalan Beaded
  Lizard Project
• Eastern Massasauga
  conservation groups
• Eastern Indigo Snake
  conservation
• The Blue Iguana
  Recovery Project

Here are the zoos, museums
and nature centers we have worked closely with over the past few years:

• Central Michigan
  University
• Lake Forest College
• College of Lake
  County
• University of Georgia
• Malone College
• University of Illinois
  School of Veterinary Medicine
• Illinois State University
• Southern Illinois
  University
• Lincoln Park Zoo
• Oklahoma City Zoo
• Zoo Atlanta
• Memphis Zoo
• Audubon Zoo
• Houston Zoo
• Toronto Zoo
• Peggy Notebaert
  Nature Museum
• Ft. Wayne Children’s
  Museum
• Zoo Boise
• Columbus Zoo and
  Aquarium
• John G. Shedd Aquarium
• Dr. Steve Barten from the Vernon Hills Animal Hospital
• Dr. Gery Hermann from the Mundelein Animal Hospital
• Dr. Ron Durante from the Algonquin Animal Hospital
• Linda Breuer from Barnswallow
• Steve Brown for donating some of our prized specimens from their collection.
• Jim Thompson for donating some of our prized specimens from their collection.