Recovery Team
Thirteen of our Recovery Team members circa 2006
The Recovery Team is made up of advisors brought together to coordinate the tasks of recovering Garry oak and associated ecosystems and their associated species at risk in Canada. Each member is committed to the cause and brings valuable expertise to the table, and most are affiliated with agencies already involved in Garry oak ecosystems recovery. The team develops recovery strategies, evaluates the success of recovery efforts, advises responsible jurisdictions on recovery, and coordinates the activities of the RIGs and steering committees. These are our team members:
- Brian Reader (Recovery Team Chair)
- Parks Canada Agency
- Magnus Bein
- Volunteer
- Patricia Boyle
- Friends of Government House Gardens Society; Native Plant Society of British Columbia; Native Plant Study Group of the Victoria Horticultural Society
- Adriane Pollard
- District of Saanich Planning Department, Environmental Services
- Tracy Cornforth
- Department of National Defence, CFB Esquimalt
- Tim Ennis
- Nature Conservancy of Canada
- Kevin Fort
- Canadian Wildlife Service
- Matt Fairbarns (Board Chair)
- Aruncus Consulting
- David F. Fraser
- BC Ministry of Environment
- Harold J. Gibbard
- GOERT Board member; Friends of Mt. Douglas Park Society; Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society; Garry Oak Restoration Project
- Tom Gillespie
- Federation of BC Naturalists; Friends of Ecological Reserves; Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society; Victoria Natural History Society
- Michelle Gorman
- City of Victoria Parks Division
- Richard Hebda
- Royal BC Museum; University of Victoria
- Jennifer Heron
- BC Ministry of Environment; University of British Columbia
- Ted Lea
- BC Ministry of Environment
- Michael Meagher
- Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society; Thetis Park Nature Sanctuary Association
- James Miskelly
- Capital Regional District Parks
- Suzanne Murray
- Comox Strathcona Regional District Board
- Dave Polster
- Cowichan Valley Naturalists Society; Polster Environmental Services Ltd.; Society for Ecological Restoration; B.C. Chapter
- Arthur Robinson
- Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service
- Shyanne Smith
- GOERT Program Manager