Speakers

RPF, MSc (wood science), Senior Project Forester, B.A. Blackwell and Associates Ltd. Deb DeLong is a semi-retired Professional Forester currently based in Summerland,BC. She has more than 40 years of experience spanning a broad range of positions including time as a field forester, an applied silvicultural systems researcher, a wood market researcher and more recently…

RPF, Planning Forester, BC Timber Sales, Kootenay, Ministry of Forests Mark is an operational forester with a background in harvest planning, silviculture, and prescribed fire. His current work is focused on applying climate adaptation, partial cutting systems, risk modeling, and wildfire resiliency principles to harvest planning at a landscape level within the timber sales context…

Deb MacKillop has been participating in and leading field tours at the WADF site since 1999. She also, in her spare time, manages the bike trails and has ridden through these operational trials, watching the trees and plants grow and die, hundreds of times over the past 25 years. In 2020, along with her crew,…

Silviculture Systems Researcher, Kootenay Boundary Region, Ministry of Forests Trevor conducts silviculture research in the Kootenay Boundary Region and supports clients within government, First Nations, and industry.   He is responsible for managing a range of long-term silviculture experiments that provide data and information that help to address new and emerging issues for resource management.  He…

RPF, B.S. in Forestry, Forest Resources Management (2021), University of British Columbia, Graduate Student, Oregon State University Hannah earned her B.S.F from the University of British Columbia in 2021 and became an R.P.F in 2023. She worked as the silviculture forester for Simpcw Resources Group before beginning graduate school at Oregon State University. She is…

RPBio, MPM, Kootenay Boundary Regional Entomologist based in Cranbrook, Ministry of Forests. Marnie has dedicated her entire career to forest health with a focus on bark beetle management.  Prior to her role with the government she spent two decades owning her own Forest Health Consulting Company where she serviced clients throughout BC, Alberta and the…

Researcher in the Mother Tree Project Lab. B.S. in Forestry, Forestry Science (2023), University of British Columbia.  My research focuses on how harvesting intensity and overstory retention affect seedling regeneration across different climates in the interior of British Columbia. Specifically, I’ve investigated how the interaction between overstory tree retention and climatic transfer distance impacts Douglas-fir…

Eva Snyder is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship at UBC, studying the belowground carbon dynamics and fungal communities of Western redcedar, Douglas maple and Western yew.  

RPF, Forest Manager, Harrop-Procter Community Co-operative Erik is a forestry consultant and manager of the Harrop-Procter Community Forest near Nelson, BC.  He has 25 years of experience working with the forest industry, Indigenous peoples, community organizations, and regional and provincial governments on projects from Haida Gwaii to Labrador.  Erik has extensive experience in forestry planning…

Principal, Veridian Ecological Consulting Originating from the UK, Rachel’s graduate studies and research in British Columbia created her passion for the BC landscape and its incredible biodiversity. Rachel is trained in the science of conservation biology and land management, and accomplished in the art of applying science in the land and resource management context. Areas…

P.Geo., PhD. Co-Founder and senior geoscientist with Apex Geoscience Consultants Ltd. Kim has worked as a geoscientist for over 25 years throughout western North America. Kim graduated from UBC in 1986 with a BSc in Geology and from University of Calgary in 1990 with an MSc in Geoscience. In the mid 1990’s Kim received additional…

RPF, BSF, Stewardship Officer, Selkirk District, Ministry of Forests  Brent Ziegler is the Stewardship Officer for the Selkirk District and he lives in Castlegar.  He has had this role for 3 years and before that he was a Forest Carbon Specialist with the Forest Carbon Initiative.  In his 25 year career in Forestry, he has…

Rainer Muenter, RPF Bachelor in Forest Management, 1981, Göttingen, Germany MSc.in Forest Science,1984, University of Idaho, USA Masters Thesis Research: Comparing Growth, Yields and Economic returns of different silviculture systems in North Idaho. Forest Management positions in Germany, US South and BC, Canada. Currently: Managing 28 000 ha of Private Forest Land in BC and…

MF, RPF, KDay Forestry Ltd. Ken Day RPF is a consulting forester in Williams Lake, B.C. where his practice is largely focused on silviculture in dry Douglas-fir forests.  In 2018, he retired from his position of Manager of the UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest after 31 years.  Prior to his time at UBC, Ken worked…

ASTFT (FPBC Allied Science Trainee Forest Technologist), SAS Martin is an Operational Forester with Monticola Management Ltd., bringing over a decade of hands-on field experience to the role. He began his forestry career in 2009 as a tree planter and wildland firefighter, gaining deep foundational knowledge while supervising a variety of field-based activities across all…

RPF, Master of Sustainable Forest Management (2019), University of British Columbia, Area Forester, Monticola Forest Ltd. Thomas began his career in forests in 2014 as a BC Wildfire Service crew member,  and did this until 2018 when he began the MSFM program at UBC. Afterwards, he started as a field forester for Monticola Management working…

RPF, Monticola Forest Ltd. Originally from Germany, Patrick works in the Kootenays region of British Columbia. He was featured in the “Spotlight on Forest Professionals Working in the Kootenays” published by Forest Professionals British Columbia for his work and journey in Canadian forestry.