2003-2004

Jillian (Vander Woude) Bainard ('03) is currently in a MSc program at the University of Guelph, studying bryophyte genome size.

Luke Bainard ('03) completed his MSc at UBC and is now in a PhD program at the University of Guelph, studying mycorrhizae.

Jon Berg ('03) is currnetly working as an aquatic scientist for a consulting company in Seattle.  His tasks are quite variable, and include: storm water and combined sewer overflow monitoring; fisheries studies; hydrology studies; flow monitoring for green roof engineering; stream habitat monitoring; biological assessments; and studies on the effects of hydroelectric dams on water quality.

Damien Burggraeve ('03) is an environmental scientist for EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd, a firm based in Kelowna. Damien's work is oriented around fisheries, wildlife, and plant identification, and most of their projects involve completing impact assessments for proposed development.

Tim DeMasters ('04) has enjoyed gaining a variety of experience through several seasonal contracts, including work as a wetland specialist for an environmental consulting firm, conducting a helicopter salmon survey in Alaska, and contributing to an endangered orchid study.  He has also taken up photography and has enjoyed travelling, visiting 7 countries on 3 continents and spending more months abroad than at home.  Tim is now considering settling into a full time position with OtterTail Environmental Inc., an ecological consulting firm in Colorado.

Marianne Huizing ('03) has been working throughout the Western US on small mammal research projects, including prairie dog studies in Utah and pygmy rabbit studies in Northern California.

Danielle Verstraete ('03) does office management and accounting for an air quality company in Ontario.

Susan (Sooze) Waldock ('03) worked for NorthWest Forest Service conducting species surveys after graduation. She's currently working in Vancouver for a wind power company, writing environmental assessments for the first wind farm proposal in B.C. Next, she will head to Belize to work with a graduate student on a comparative study between radio telemetry and camera trapping of rainforest animals.

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