After an innocent week of playing hooky in my undergrad, trading UNBC classes for the cold October waters of the Skeena, I quickly developed a passion for working in remote watersheds, helping support community driven fisheries initiatives. 

 

Since, I have spent time across BC and Alberta, working with various species of trout, char and other salmonids. Primarily these projects have involved acoustic and radio telemetry, stable isotope analysis and spatial stream networks. My current research interest is in the niche life histories and movement patterns of understudied species such as sea run cutthroat trout.

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I am now grateful call the lush reaches of the Koeye, and the greater Central Coast, home-base. From the estuarine environment to the headwaters, working in the Koeye brings me that same cold comforting feeling of clarity I experienced ages ago.

 

The Koeye Ecosystem study is a collaboration between the Heiltsuk Nation, Hakai Institute, Wild Salmon Center and the Salmon Watersheds Lab. In its full capacity, the program conducts estuary seining, smolt trapping, tagging, adult visual and video counts and a variety of other studies that may be of interest to the community and or partners. The study strives to produce high quality data and contribute to long term datasets, as well as serve local communities by helping inform regional salmon management.