Experience

Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Government - Ucluelet First Nation
• Canada
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Manager of Fisheries and Wildlife

  • Apr 2019 - Present


Jonquil Crosby Consulting Ltd.

• Wildlife Biologist

  • Apr 2014 - Present

  Wildlife Consulting: species at risk monitoring, amphibian road mitigation, invasive species surveys; Biosecurity Management Planning Wildlife Consulting: species at risk monitoring, amphibian road mitigation, invasive species surveys; Biosecurity Management Planning



Capital Regional District

• Canada
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Watershed Technician 2 - Wildlife Biologist

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2018

  Management of wildlife under the priorities for water quality and ecological integrity within the Greater Victoria Water Supply Area, including: Canada goose monitoring and nest management; marbled murrelet monitoring; invasive American bullfrog management and long term control program evaluation; annual western toad migration with roadway effects mitigation; human-wildlife conflict awareness and education; biosecurity program review; wildlife and climate change planning; species at risk conservation; wildlife projects supervision. Fireline personnel/ wildfire firefighter. Show less


Viking Construction Ltd.
• United Kingdom
• Retail
• Quality Assurance /Quality Control

  • Nov 2015 - Apr 2016


Smithsonian Institution

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Logistics Coordinator/ Amphibian Biologist

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  Logistics Coordinator for the Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Biodiversity Monitoring & Assessment Program Canada team. Field research and protocols management: impact of LNG plant site construction on the local population of the western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) and its habitat use; identifying potential human-wildlife conflicts areas; pipeline right-of-way ecosystem restoration; bio-restoration management; data analysis and reporting, public outreach; coordinate multiple research project logistics, projects liaison. Show less



University of Waterloo

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters, Environment and Resource Studies

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2014

  Tackling wildlife connectivity challenges within British Columbia's south Okanagan valley. Concentrating on amphibian migrational movements over modified landscapes, hotspot analysis and collaborative efforts have led to fencing and culvert-ecopassage construction with steady amphibian use.Assessment of amphibian movement and population threats across a highway-bisected landscape, mitigation planning and monitoring: herpetofaunal surveys; camera trap research; visual implant elastomer marking; vegetation and soil inventory habitat analysis; DNA and chytrid fungus swabbing; ArcGIS; ‘R’ Statistics; public outreach presentations; multiple stakeholder collaboration; volunteer coordinator Show less

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2011

  ERS 211: Environment Analysis; Restoration Ecology (Sept 2010- Dec 2010; Sept 2011 - Dec 2011)ERS 215: Environmental and Sustainability Assessment (Jan 2011-April 2011)

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2011 - Apr 2011



BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure / University of Waterloo

• Senior Ecosystem Technician

  • Apr 2013 - Feb 2014

  Amphibian roadway occurrence surveys; camera trap setup and maintenance; data analysis and reporting; management, training and supervision of three staff and multiple volunteers. Amphibian roadway occurrence surveys; camera trap setup and maintenance; data analysis and reporting; management, training and supervision of three staff and multiple volunteers.



BC Conservation Foundation

• Intermediate Ecosystem Technician

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2012

  Amphibian surveys (audio, visual), American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana) trapping; public outreach promoting awareness of invasive bullfrogs in the South Okanagan; data management, analysis, and reporting, wetland restoration. Amphibian surveys (audio, visual), American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana) trapping; public outreach promoting awareness of invasive bullfrogs in the South Okanagan; data management, analysis, and reporting, wetland restoration.

• Intermediate Ecosystem Technician

  • Apr 2010 - Aug 2010


BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations / BC Conservation Foundation

• Species at Risk Biologist

  • May 2009 - Apr 2010

  American badger (Taxidea taxus) and Great Basin spadefoot (Spea intermontana) radio-telemetry tracking; camera trap monitoring; successful designation of badger (1943 ha) and spadefoot (1015 ha) Wildlife Habitat Area designation; stakeholder consultation and First Nations liaison, DNA sampling, mountain goat and Northern caribou ungulate winter range / WHA designation; statistical analysis, mapping & reporting, sensitive grassland habitat restoration; ATV use. Successful funding proposals: Interdepartmental Recovery Fund, Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, and Aboriginal Funds for Species at Risk Show less



Cariboo Forestry Services, Ltd.

• Forestry Technician

  • May 2003 - Aug 2004

  Seasonal May-August 2003 & 2004 Seasonal May-August 2003 & 2004