Since emigrating to Canada from his native Holland, wildlife biologist Dick Dekker has spent much of his life in the Canadian Northwest - among lakes and rivers, forest and mountains - observing wildlife from a tent or remote cabin. His many publications on the subject range from technical papers to popular books, including Wolves of the Rocky Mountains--From Jasper to Yellowstone and Two decades of wildlife investigations at Devona, Jasper National Park, 1981-2001.

Edgar T. Jones is a television and film producer and photographer whose images of wildlife appear on numerous TV programs and in many publications. Jones obtained his bird banding permit in 1940, was a founding member of the Edmonton Bird Club in 1948, and also co-founded and was president of the Alberta Wildlife Foundation. Jones and his wife, Jeanne, have banded more than 100,000 birds under his permit. They purchased a 228-acre property at Hasting Lake and sold it to the Province of Alberta at below market value to be used as a wildlife sanctuary: the Edgar T. Jones Natural Area. In 2001, he received the Order of Canada for his outstanding promotion of wildlife conservation. In 2002, Jones received the Alberta Order of the Bighorn Award.

"Prairie Water will be of interest to regular birdwatchers at the lake as well as visitors." -- Sandy Campbell