Job/Research Area: Forest fire management and science 

Awards 

• 2002 - Tree of Life Award - Canadian Institute of Forestry/Rocky Mountain Section 
• 2002 - Ed and Peggy Tyrchniewicz Award for Innovation in Teaching, awarded to the Introductory Forestry Field School Team 
• 1997 and 1998 - Awards of Merit - United Way 
• 2005 - Canadian Forestry Achievement Award (CIF/IFC)

Major Responsibilities/Research Interests: Recent research has focused on the historical role of fire in the southern Rocky Mountain ecosystem and white spruce regeneration after fire in the Boreal forests of Alberta.