Environmental Services Coordinator

• Feb 2022 - Present

Environmental Technologist

• Sep 2021 - Feb 2022

Environmental Scientist

• Jun 2013 - May 2020

Provided both field and office support on multiple projects in and around Northwest BC including the LNGC facilities in Kitimat, and the CGL pipeline. Office support included data management, reviewing field and lab data, reporting, permitting, communicating with stakeholders, GIS mapping, writing work plans and writing proposals. Data management included auditing field data to confirm accuracy, updating databases, organizing and importing data from external sources, and exporting data subsets. Seconded to local First Nations Government where I worked in their office to provide GIS support. Gained experience working with numerous legislations including the Water Act, Species at Risk Act, Fisheries Act, and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. Field work included fish and stream assessments, hydrology, water and soil sampling, vegetation surveys, environmental monitoring, inspections of construction sites for compliance with EMPs, and field health and safety roles including safety audits of high-profile project sites.

Natural Resource Specialist

• Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

I was brought on at Cambria Gordon to join the fisheries team where I worked extensively on the Prince Rupert Gas Transmision Line project, carrying out reconaissance level assessments of watercourse crossings between Mackenzie and Prince Rupert, BC. In this role I spent the majority of my time in work camps where I was immersed in the fisheries discipline. I worked with a team of biologists and technologists to collect accurate stream measurements, water quality data, carry out electrofishing, minnow trapping, determine fisheries habitat ratings for spawning, overwintering, and rearing, and accurately map watercourses including morphological habitat units. In the winter I assisted with overwintering studies where we drilled into the ice over frozen watercourse crossings with suitable pool habitats, and collected video footage, flow data, and waterquality.

Resource Technician

• Aug 2012 - May 2013

In my role as a Resource Technician my primary function was working on the Northwest Transmission Line project in northern BC and the Long Lake ROR project in Stewart BC. In these roles I developed strong map and compass skills working with a team of technicians and forestry professionals to flag and map the right-of-way boundary of the transmission line, including boundaries to accomodate the transmission towers and guylines. This work included assessing tree health and growth, calculating appropriate boundaries, mapping out boundaries, mapping and marking danger trees for removal, and assisting in road layout. In addition to this role I assisted in silviculture surveys in the coastal western hemlock zones.

Rare Plant Ecosystem Restoration Technician

• Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

In my role as an Rare Plant Ecosystem Restoration Technician I worked as part of a team of four summer students to complete environmental restoration in sensitive and restricted access islets of the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve and Fort Rodd Hill National Historical Site. Restoration activities included removal of invasive plants using selective removal techniques such as mechanical and chemical methods, monitoring of rare plant populations, selective herbicide application and seed collection and dispersion. In addition I participated in the data collection of ongoing research trials to evaluate removal techniques for selected species, including the application of prescribed removal methods on established plots, and performing surveys to determine vegetation regrowth. I assisted in vegetation plot surveys to evaluate planting success of formerly restored areas, collected native grass and plant seeds for use in restoration work and carried out photo-monitoring of treatment areas before and after restoration in part of a multi-year photo monitoring project. This role also included monitored species at risk on site, and collected data using Trimble GPS to produce maps on COSEWIC and Provincial listed species.

Lab Technician

• Sep 2009 - Mar 2010

In my position as a Lab Technician I carried out two consectutive contracts with the entymology department focusing on mountain pine beetle ecology. In this role I participated in a field study which included the collection of unaffacted pine trees of varying health conditions from an epidemic study area in Grand Prairie Alberta. I innoculated these trees with mating pairs of mountain pine beetle, designed enclosures, and collected the brood for further lab use. In addition to these duties, I processed lab samples which included bark phloem punches, tree ring measurements, and microscopy of live beetle specimens. Live beetles were measured, sexed, and disected to obtain maxillary organs that were used to culture the blue stain fungi.

Ecosystem Technician Field Assistant

• Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

In this role I worked as part of an ecosystem restoration team. As a team we completed an inventory of the biotic components of the park, including fish, amphibian, reptile and mammal presence, and native and invasive plant communities. The park consisted of a Gary Oak ecosystem, a lake with wetland and Coastal Douglas Fir ecosystem, with red listed inhabitants including the western painted turtle. Field work included small mammal trapping, minnow trapping, setting and maintaining track boxes, and mapping out plant communities including invasive species. The restoration team hosted community weed pull events on the site on a weekly basis.