Following the success of last year’s workshop launch, the Community of Practice (CoP) organizing team recognized the ongoing need to build capacity and increase connections amongst restoration practitioners in Northern BC. To that end, we secured funding and developed a hiring process to support this important work.
The organizing team congratulates Mae Whyte on becoming Northern BC’s Community of Practice Coordinator. Please join us in congratulating her and welcoming her into this role.
Mae begins in her role on June 23rd. In the coming weeks, you and the teams you are involved in will be hearing from her as she reaches out to foster collaboration in our growing network. We encourage you to please reach out to her to ensure you are included in this work and to support her orientation in this new role.
She will be seeking ways to support you and the CoP organizing team’s vision of a supported community of people interested in the effective delivery of ecosystem restoration actions. Her objectives include building restoration practitioner efficacy and capacity through improved knowledge sharing, communication, and collaboration.
Anyone interested in the delivery of a restoration project, including professionals, academics, authorities, First Nations, stakeholders, funders, partners, governmental and non-governmental groups, and individuals interested in restoration.
Connect with Mae through email at mae.whyte@sernbc.ca.
We look forward to an exciting year ahead as we continue to grow and support developing this restoration community.
If your organization would like to be on the CoP organizing team, please get in touch with one of us through our organizations or reach out to Mae directly.
The Community of Practice Organizing Team, representing: Society for Ecosystem Restoration in Northern BC (SERNbc), Caribou Habitat Restoration Fund (CHRF) via the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF), Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP), and the BC Wildlife Federation (BCWF).
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The purposes of the society are to:
Identify, treat, and monitor
Coordinate ecosystem restoration
Acquire technical information on ecosystem restoration and disseminate it to SERNbc members and stakeholders.
SERNbc’s membership, stakeholders, and other project proponents drive our ecosystem restoration programming. Project ideas are evaluated and prioritized by SERNbc staff and Board of Directors. The restoration objectives for new restoration project must align with SERNbc’s mission and the goals in SERNbc’s strategic plan.
SERNbc requires a Preliminary Application of proposed project before funding can be considered.
Creation of large level landscape level restoration plans through collaboration with First Nations, Government, Industry, local communities and stakeholders
Over 1000ha of terrestrial habitat restoration that benefits species, ecosystems and local communities through the use of prescribed burned, mechanical and manual thinning, and tree planting initiatives
Over 200km of stream restoration through fish passage restoration
Over 200km of road restoration and counting
