He served in this capacity from late 1985 until May 1991 when he became incapacitated due to serious injury. Wesley Biggs for his leadership as fulltime State Coordinator, responsible for the coordination of fieldwork, data collection and review. Stith worked on the Atlas for over 9 years (the last 4 without any compensation) and was the person responsible for the creation and maintenance of the digital database, the development of the associated software, and the production of all maps. Pranty, who is also the author of the 1996 edition of A Birder's Guide to Florida, reviewed the manuscript and made many helpful suggestions. He worked on the production of the revised distribution maps, and finalized the list of the many hundreds of regional and county coordinators, atlasers and casual observers. He entered 1991 data into the computer and conducted a complete review of the entire database, identifying and correcting errors. He was appointed Acting State Coordinator in 1991. Bill Pranty was the Pasco County Coordinator during 1986-1991 and a member of the Quality Control Committee during 1988-1989. The BBA project is particularly indebted to the substantive contributions of Bill Pranty and Bradley M. Chandler Robbins, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Janet Carroll, Atlas coordinator for New York, and Michael Peterson, a New York regional coordinator, offered helpful advice and information during the planning stage of the Florida Atlas project. The assistance and understanding of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission's Nongame Wildlife Section, especially Brian Millsap, David Cook, Doug Runde, Brad Gruver, Susan Cerulean, James Cox, Vic Heller, and Frank Montalbano, are deeply appreciated. We thank the staff of the Archbold Biological Station, in particular John Fitzpatrick and Hilary Swain, former and current Executive Directors, respectively. We are grateful to the staff of the Florida Audubon Society (FAS) for their assistance and patience over the years, especially Bernie Yokel, Michael Nelson, Trude Valente, Terrie Diesbourg, and Stephanie Johnson. We are most grateful to all for their contributions. The Florida Breeding Bird Atlas (BBA) project could not have been accomplished without the support of numerous organizations and individuals and the field efforts of hundreds of volunteers.
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