2025 Webinars
#2. Crafting a Conservation Roadmap for the Bonanza Biodiversity Corridor
Date: TBA
Presenter: Ryan Durand, EcoLogic Consultants
Ryan Durand, M.Sc. R.P.Bio., is an ecologist with over 20 years of experience working throughout western and northern Canada. Ryan specializes in vegetation inventories, wetland and ecosystem classification and mapping, and watercourse mapping and assessments. He is proficient in air photo interpretation and GIS mapping, having completed over 50 mapping projects (encompassing over 8 million hectares) including Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping, Predictive Ecosystem Mapping, Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory Mapping, and Wildlife Habitat Suitability Mapping. He also has considerable experience in BC working with local government and other organizations completing conservation planning, management planning, wetland and riparian restoration design, ecosystem mapping and classification training, and rare species research.
The Slocan Lake Stewardship Society has developed a living conservation plan drawn from years of ecosystem research in the Bonanza Biodiversity Corridor. This strategic conservation framework addresses a broad range of of conservation values and biodiversity, from microscopic slime moulds to wide-ranging carnivores and old growth forests. Ecosystem mapping, rare species and habitat inventories, and landscape-level assessments inform a flexible roadmap to guide setting priorities, identifying on-the-ground stewardship projects, influencing land management and developing strategic collaborations.
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