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Acknowledgements

The research into, and management of, Wollemi Pine over the past 30 years has been a joint effort of the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s (NSW DCCEEW) Science and Insights Division (SID), the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust (RBGDT). This recovery plan is a revision of the 2006 plan and has been the combined effort of many people who have contributed to survey, research, on-ground management and ex-situ conservation of the species. In particular, the Wollemi Pine Recovery Team (currently Tony Auld (UNSW), Steve Clarke, David Coote (BCD), David Crust (NPWS), Berin Mackenzie (SEID), Lisa Menke (NPWS), Cathy Offord (RBGDT), Maureen Phelan (RBGDT), Brett Summerell (RBGDT) and Heidi Zimmer (CSIRO)) would like to thank the following people and organisations:

 David Noble (NPWS) and his companions Tony Zimmerman and Michael Casteleyn who discovered the species, and Wyn Jones (NPWS), Ken Hill (RBGDT) and Jan Allen (BMBGMT), who formally described Wollemia nobilis and brought it to the attention of the world.

 Sharon Nash and Julie Ravallion (NPWS) who prepared the original 1998 recovery plan and Patricia Meagher (RBGDT) who prepared the revised 2006 recovery plan.

 Jan Allen (RBGDT); Wyn Jones, Chris Pavich and Michael Sharp of NPWS; and Hayden Washington, for their early contributions to fieldwork, research, monitoring and recovery planning.

 NPWS rangers and field staff, for operation and field support.

 NPWS Park Air pilots and crew, for aerial support.

 Evan Curtis, Andrew Denham, John Porter, Jane Williamson, Katy Wilkins, Liz Tasker and Mark Tozer (SID); Terry Mazzer and Jessica Peterie (BCD); Ian Allan, Stuart Allan, Stefanie Carusi, Matt Coyne, Adam Pigott, Antony Rivers, Randy Sing, Jessica Wait and Dean Whitton (RBGDT); Stephen Bell and Phil Lamrock for field contributions to the translocation program.

 John Benson, Jason Bragg, Peter Cuneo, Graeme Errington, Glen Fensom, Edward Liew, Robert Makinson, Hannah McPherson, Patricia Meagher, Carolyn Porter, Jaime Plaza, Amanda Rollason, Maurizio Rossetto, Joanne Tyler, Veronica Viler and Samantha Yap of RBGDT, for their past and present work in the field or on the propagation and cultivation of the species or its population genetics, and/or Wollemi Pine research and recovery planning.

 The Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife and the Foundation and Friends of the Botanic Gardens for donations early in the conservation program; the NSW Government’s Saving our Species program, which has been the primary source of funding for the conservation program since 2016; the NPWS Assets of Intergenerational Significance program for additional operational funding; and the National Geographic Society for its support of the translocation program via a 2021 Species Recovery Grant.

The neighbours of Wollemi National Park, who continue to assist this project in many ways.

An adult wollemi pine tree.