Projects

Alberta Sustainable Resource Development

• Developed Northern Goshawk nesting habitat model for northeast Alberta.

AltaLink

• Conducted songbird, burrowing owl and amphibian species-at-risk surveys for proposed transmission lines.

BC Conservation Data Centre

• GIS mapped and compiled observation data for plant and bird species-at-risk.
• Determined breeding statuses and described habitat needs for various species-at-risk.

BC Hydro

• Co-wrote preclearing bird nest search protocols for Site C.
•  Identified avian management issues relating to proposed windfarm project.
• Conducted songbird point counts and habitat assessments along transmission line corridors.

BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

• Wrote guidance document for proposed Wildlife Habitat Features legislation.
• Coordinated the proposed IWMS update and developed criteria for adding new species.
• Developed provincial BMPs for maintaining and enhancing wildlife habitat features.
• Developed criteria for Regionally Important Wildlife strategy and wrote draft species accounts.
• Facilitated workshop for Ministry staff to develop VECs for proposed BC Hydro Site C dam.
• Coordinated the province-wide implementation of FRPA Section 7 objectives.
• Developed provincial silviculture BMPs and restoration standards for enhancing wildlife habitat.

BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development

• Contributed to modeling and communication efforts for the Cumulative Effects Framework.
• Developed public communications for the Together for Wildlife program.
• Developed website content and design for Information, Innovation and Technology division.
• Coordinated wildlife inventories and habitat assessments for proposed cutblocks.
• Developed Northern Goshawk habitat suitability model for northwest coastal BC.

BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

• Conducted EIAs and produce habitat ratings maps for twinning project of the TransCanada.

Canadian Forest Products Ltd

• Conducted Marbled Murrelet dawn and radar surveys and habitat assessment plots.
• Developed Northern Goshawk nesting habitat model and GIS habitat ratings map.
• Developed standards for cutblock wildlife tree and coarse woody debris retention densities.

Canadian Wildlife Service

• Produced Marbled Murrelet protocols and workshop for identifying critical habitat.
• Wrote data gap analysis for the identification of critical habitat for Marbled Murrelet.
• Wrote EIA for songbird populations along the proposed Mackenzie Valley LNG pipeline.
• Wrote 25 songbird species accounts for the Boreal Avian Monitoring Project website.

Coastal GasLink Ltd

• Conducted pre-clearing songbird nest searches and Marbled Murrelet surveys along LNG pipeline.
• Conducted amphibian salvaging along various sections of LNG pipeline.
• Conducted wetland and wildlife habitat rating assessments along LNG pipeline route.

COSEWIC

• Wrote the draft COSEWIC status report for the Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies.

FortisBC

• Conducted amphibian salvaging along several LNG pipeline routes.
• Conducted pre-clearing and songbird point counts along proposed LNG pipeline route.
• Trained FortisBC crews to conduct songbird nest search surveys along pipeline right-of-ways.

Kiewit

• Conducted pre-clearing bird nest searches for run-of-river hydro project.

Pacific Trails Pipeline

• Conducted pre-clearing bird nest surveys along proposed LNG pipeline.
• Conducted amphibian surveys ad salvaging along LNG pipeline route.
• Wrote park permit application for proposed LNG pipeline to cross through a provincial park.

Renewable Power Corporation

• Wrote application sections for EI Certificate for 5 proposed run-of-river power projects.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment

• Inventoried, banded and studied the effects of Carbofuran on burrowing owl populations.
• Coordinated songbird surveys and forest vegetation analysis in northern Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan Wetland Conservation Corporation

• Coordinated and conducted Piping Plover surveys at various southern Saskatchewan basins.
• Conducted shorebird surveys for basins to qualify for WHSR status in southern Saskatchewan.

Sea Breeze Power Corporation

• Conducted nocturnal songbird and bat radar surveys for proposed windfarm.
• Completed species-habitat assessments for proposed windfarm transmission lines.
• Conducted songbird point count surveys along proposed power transmission lines.

Telus Mobility

• Conducted EIAs for proposed cellular and communication towers.

Total E&P Canada

• Conducted bird species-at-risk environmental impact assessment for a proposed oil sands site.

Western Forests Products Ltd

• Conducted Northern Goshawk call playback surveys and monitored known nest territories.
• Conducted songbird point counts, road transects and spot mapping surveys.
• Assessed use of planted standing snags by primary cavity nesters in harvested cutblocks.