Heather Stevenson Email and Phone Number

Tunnel Rehabilitation Environmental Monitor:• Perform quality control and quality assurance protocols in order to ensure compliance to environmental procedures and permit requirements. Including inspections of mitigation equipment.• Liased and coordinated with other contractors and outside contractors in orderto facilitate waste treatment, removal, and management.• Liased and communicated with other site departments and staff as needed.• Completed care, routine maintenance, repair, and calibration of monitoring and sampling equipment and instrumentation.Environmental Sampling and Monitoring programs:• Performed weekly, monthly, and quarterly water sampling and flow measurements at compliance points. Collected ground water samples.• Collected air quality samples from Hi-vols, T-wilburs, and Dustfall equipment. Monitored air quality using LIDAR. •Performed sediment sampling from settling ponds.• Monitored bird deterrents at tailings ponds.Over-wintering Westslope Cutthroat Trout Sampling:• Collected and handled Westslope Cutthroat trout to gather muscle plugs, size, and weight information.• Collected invertebrate samples using a kick net.

• Conducted environmental impact assessments for pre, ongoing, and post oil and gas projects. • Performed rare plant surveys and water quality monitoring.• Collected noxious air samples from Edmonton waste water facility.• Monitored and advised construction projects in order to ensure environmental compliance.•Drafted technical reports and communications using GIS and Microsoft office suite.

• Set up, maintained, and baited barbed wire hair-snag stations in remote locations with minimal supervision in order to conduct a Grizzly bear population inventory.•Navigated to sites using AVENZA maps, compass, and GPS. Collected snagged hair regularly through helicopter, hiking, and ATV access.•Deployed, maintained, collected, and analyzed camera traps.

Volunteered with Parks Canada Biology Department for July and August of 2016 and 2017. • Entailed early mornings, inclement weather, remote locations, and a fast-paced field environment.• Set up, maintained, and removed mist-nets.• Retrieved trapped birds from mist-nets and identified bird species.