Dan Peterson

Stewardship Officer
Kamloops

Team leader for the Southern Interior Forest Region Stewardship Practises section.  Primary contact for Non-replaceable Forest Licence silviculture obligations including silviculture securities and Forest Stand Management Fund, discretionary silviculture funding, silviculture and forest health parts of the business area.

Kevin Buxton

Forest Health Technician
Kamloops

Rocky Chan

Silviculture Specialist
Kamloops

Michelle Cleary

Regional Pathologist
Kamloops

Main contact for the SIFR. Provides technical and professional advice on pathology issues to Districts and licensees.  Develops strategies for managing forest diseases and conducts operational research.  Provides pathology training to Districts

Nola Daintith

Silviculture Specialist
Williams Lake 

Part of a team of two silviculture specialists to provide strategic direction for the new Forests for Tomorrow program within the SIFR.  The main objectives being to reforest the large wildfires from 2003 and 2004 and also to use silviculture practices to help reduce the impact of the mountain pine beetle on timber supply and other resource values within the SIFR. 

Kathy Danchuk

Forest Practices Specialist - Planning
Kamloops 

Provides professional analysis, advice and opinions related to a broad and complex range of on-the-ground forestry practices and issues related to protecting, managing and improving forest resources and protecting forest values.  Key contact for strategic land use planning issues within the Southern Interior Forest Region.  Coordinates activities within the Forest and Range Evaluation Program (FREP) for the Southern Interior Forest Region.

Larry Hanlon

Forest Practices Specialist
Nelson

Provides professional analysis, advice and opinions related to a broad and complex range of on-the-ground forestry practices and issues related to protecting, managing and improving forest resources and protecting forest values.  Primary regional stewardship contact for Rocky Mountain, Kootenay Lake, Columbia, Arrow Boundary, Okanagan Shuswap and Cascades districts to assist with stewardship issues such as FRPA implementation (FSP and practices), land use planning, some aspects of TSRs/AAC determinations.

Harry Jennings

Stewardship Specialist
Williams Lake

Provides professional analysis, advice and opinions related to a broad and complex range of on-the-ground forestry practices and issues related to protecting, managing and improving forest resources and protecting forest values.   Primary regional stewardship contact for the CCLUP districts of Quesnel, Central Cariboo, Chilcotin and 100 Mile House.  Primary regional contact for Species at Risk, Identified Wildlife, Cariboo CMC subgroup, Mountain Pine Beetle Stewardship.

Lorraine MacLauchlan

Forest Entomologist
Kamloops

Is the main contact for the Kamloops, Cascades, Clearwater portion of Headwaters, Columbia and Okanagan Shuswap Districts. Provides technical and professional advice on entomological issues to all levels of government and licensees.  Develops and reviews strategic plans and provincial level strategies.  Conducts research; writes scientific and technical articles; gives training. She organizes and conducts the annual defoliator spray program for the southern portion of the SIFR.

Dana Manhard

Silviculture Specialist
Kamloops

Part of a team of four silviculture specialists to provide strategic direction for the new Forests for Tomorrow program within the SIFR.  The main objectives being to reforest the large wildfires from 2003 and 2004 and also to use silviculture practices to help reduce the impact of the mountain pine beetle on timber supply and other resource values within the SIFR.

Leith McKenzie

Forest Practices Specialist
Kamloops 

Provides professional analysis, advice and opinions related to a broad and complex range of on-the-ground forestry practices and issues related to protecting, managing and improving forest resources and protecting forest values.  Primary regional stewardship contact for Headwaters, Kamloops, Central Cariboo, Chilcotin, 100 Mile House and Quesnel districts to assist with stewardship issues such as FRPA implementation (FSP and practices), land use planning, some aspects of TSRs/AAC determinations. Regional contact for information and advice on Government Action Regulation (GAR) orders.

Guy Newsome

Silviculture Specialist
Williams Lake 

Part of a team of two silviculture specialists to provide strategic direction for the new Forests for Tomorrow program within the SIFR.  The main objectives being to reforest the large wildfires from 2003 and 2004 and also to use silviculture practices to help reduce the impact of the mountain pine beetle on timber supply and other resource values within the SIFR. 

Bernie Peschke

Silviculture Practices Forester
Kamloops 

Provides advice for basic and incremental silviculture best management practices. Provides regional lead in the areas of maximum density initiatives, MPB and Fire Rehab and wildland/urban interface planning.  Contact for FDPs and FSPs, legislation regarding silviculture practices, FIA and strategic silviculture investment.

Al Randall

Silviculture Specialist
Kamloops

Part of a team of four silviculture specialists to provide strategic direction for the new Forests for Tomorrow program within the SIFR.  The main objectives being to reforest the large wildfires from 2003 and 2004 and also to use silviculture practices to help reduce the impact of the mountain pine beetle on timber supply and other resource values within the SIFR.

Leo Rankin

Forest Entomologist
Williams Lake

Is the main contact for Quesnel, Central Cariboo, 100 Mile House, and McBride portion of the Headwaters District. Provide advice to Licensees, MOF staff and general public on bark beetles, defoliators and pests of young stands.  Contact for forest health legislation and policy issues, local C&E problems, FDPs and FIA projects related to forest health.  Coordinate annual aerial overview pest survey, winter mortality surveys for bark beetles, western budworm control operations, defoliator monitoring projects.  Monitor and establish permanent sample plots and carry out operational research trials when required.

Gerald Reichenback

Silviculture Specialist
Kamloops

Part of a team of four silviculture specialists to provide strategic direction for the new Forests for Tomorrow program within the SIFR.  The main objectives being to reforest the large wildfires from 2003 and 2004 and also to use silviculture practices to help reduce the impact of the mountain pine beetle on timber supply and other resource values within the SIFR.

Art Stock

Forest Entomologist
Nelson

Is the main contact for the Kootenay Lake, Rocky Mountain, and Arrow Boundary Districts. Provides technical and professional advice on entomological issues to all levels of government and licensees.  Develops and reviews strategic plans and provincial level strategies.  Conducts research; write scientific and technical articles; gives training.