Northern Interior Office

 

Allan Carson is back at the University of Northern British Columbia to complete a master's degree. His thesis project is focused on the use of native seeds for revegetation of mined lands; Allan has native plant trials established in stockpiled topsoils at Huckleberry Mines near Houston, B.C. During his undergraduate studies, also at UNBC, Allan conducted research on the effects of simulated Moose browsing on Aspen which looked at the behaviour of stem dieback and the effects of browsing on stem growth and bud dormancy.  Allan also studied plant systematics and has been active over the past four years with photo documenting plant species in northern and central B.C.; this is reflected by his ongoing involvement with the UNBC and Aleza Lake Plant Systems Database and Eflora BC. The summer of 2010 will be Allan's fifth field season working with CBA Ltd. .

Felicia Juelfs was born and raised in Fort St. John, British Columbia. She obtained her B.Sc. from the University of Northern British Columbia in 2006 with a major in Biology. Previous to CBA Ltd., Felicia was working for Canadian Wildlife Service on a project that monitored the effects of rangeland management on grassland birds in a forest-grassland ecotone. It was during this project that she found herself wanting to develop and sharpen her identification skills of western bird species. Recently she has been involved with a study that is looking at stub retention and alternative harvesting techniques that may concerve cavity-nesting birds and mammals. Felicia joined CBA Ltd. on a full -time basis in September 2009.

Vicki Prigmore grew up in Wales in the UK, before moving to Prince George 5 years ago. She has completed 3 years of her BSc. with a major in Wildlife and Fisheries at UNBC. Vicki has completed co-op work terms with the Environmental Science and Engineering program at UNBC and the Range Branch of the B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range. She has been involved in a number of mountain pine beetle, rangeland ecology and invasive plant monitoring and research projects in central and northern B.C. Vicki joined CBA Ltd. on a full-time basis in September 2009.