Michael Henry is an experienced ecologist and has spent many years working with the non-profit organization Ancient Forest Exploration and Research. He has also worked with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the U.S. National Park Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey. He lives in Peterborough, Ontario. Dr. Peter Quinby has been studying forest ecology and conservation since 1980. His graduate studies were at Yale University. He has taught at several universities, including Wilfrid Laurier, Toronto, York, and Trent, in addition to consulting with Forestry Canada, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, the CBC, the Temagami Wilderness fund, and the Wilderness Project. Currently he is Director and Associate Field Professor at the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology at the University of Pittsburgh.