Projects

In 2025, I joined my local Streamkeepers society, taking care of four local streams as well as doing invasive plant management and monitoring on other local streams. I am currently not volunteering due to illness, but plan on picking it back up as soon as I am able.

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Photo is of one of my favourite local spots: the estuary of Dakota Creek.

I am a former professional chef, so it only makes sense that foraging, food preservation, and cooking would be a big interest for me. 

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I spend as much time in the woods as possible, always keeping an eye out for wild foods. When I find new ones, I try a few ways to consume and preserve them. With ones that I've tried before and love, I have a yearly routine of watching, sustainably harvesting, preserving, and enjoying. 

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One day I hope to teach a local foraging class.

I love recording local plant (and other) species via iNaturalist. If I notice something new to me, or a species I am interested in, I always try to take and share photos that help to ID it to species. 

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I add every single Pacific Banana Slug I find, because I love the colour variations!

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I also spend time reviewing other local submissions to ensure we have the best data possible.

I am currently working on a plan to restore the ditches on our property, removing invasives and replacing with native plants.

The goal is to have a healthy ecosystem in our ditch systems, which is a challenge because they are alongside a public road.

I am a bird nerd. They bring me joy, and I love to watch them.  It seemed completely natural to me to start participating in our local Christmas Bird Count, starting in December 2024, through my local natural history society. I missed the 2025 count, but plan on participating again in 2026. Photo below is of my 2024 partner with his scope, in a terrible windstorm!