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<br />Acknowledgements <br /> <br />BorderLink 2000 was made possible by the collaboration of many individuals and <br />institutions and we are indebted to all of them. Suzanne Michel directed the field research <br />and the drafting of the research report. Faculty members Jose Delgadillo and Hugo Rene <br />Aguilar from the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC) and Paul Ganster <br />from San Diego State University (SDSU) also assisted in BorderLink research activities. <br />The Universidad Autonoma de Baja California's Chemistry Department and its director <br />Maria Eugenia Perez Morales facilitated the participation ofUABC faculty, staff, and <br />students. UABC Ensenada and Ernesto Campos Gonzalez, the College of Sciences <br />director, provided the BorderLink team with access to laboratory space and facilities. <br /> <br />San Diego State University's College of Sciences and Andrea Compton, the <br />Academic Programs Coordinator for the SDSU Field Station Programs, made it possible <br />for the research group to spend several days at the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve <br />and Field Station. Mark Reynolds, the former director of the Field Stations Program, and <br />Associate Director Sedra Shapiro were extremely helpful in arranging for experts from <br />different fields to make presentations to the BorderLink students. Ed Ervin, Dawn Marsh, <br />Eric Riggs, Leslie Seiger, and Larry Carlson all shared their considerable knowledge and <br />experience with the BorderLink group. BorderLink 2000 student Angelica Villegas <br />contributed research and invaluable editorial comments for this document. <br /> <br />In Tijuana, the Chemistry Faculty at UABC provided expertise concerning water <br />quality conditions in the Tijuana River watershed. Jose Delgadillo, Director of the <br />Herbarium at UABC Ensenada, provided training in riparian vegetation survey <br />techniques and mapping. Tijuana's Instituto Municipal de Planeacion (IMP Ian) and its <br />director, Carlos Graizbord, were very generous with staff time and materials to assist the <br />research efforts. IMPlan also organized and made available space to the BorderLink <br />students for presentation of their research findings. In addition, IMPlan provided <br />important suggestions for improving the work. <br /> <br />Tessa Roper, from the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, supplied <br />the BorderLink research team with water quality monitoring kits and conducted a tour of <br />the estuary. The Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians, through its Campo Environmental <br />Protection Agency (Campo EPA), demonstrated their river restoration and groundwater <br />recharge techniques and provided a tour of its restored areas. Mission Trails Regional <br />Park, Padre Dam Municipal Water District, and the City of Santee enabled BorderLink <br />2000 students to tour facilities associated with water quality improvement, river park <br />planning, and river ecosystem education. Recommendations for water quality monitoring <br />would not have been possible without the aquatic toxicity training provided by Revital <br />Katzelson, State of California Water Resources Control Board, and the staff from the <br />Information Center for the Environment, University of California, Davis. Special thanks <br />are extended to Lisa Headington, University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of <br />Geography, for her photographs of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek river parks in <br />Denver, Colorado. The Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy <br />provided partial funding and other assistance. Finally, generous support from the William <br />and Flora Hewlett made the project possible. <br /> <br />IV <br />