Marissa Heppner holds a R.P. Bio. designation with the College of Applied Biology in British Columbia and a P. Biol. designation with the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists. Marissa has six years of experience designing and implementing field study programs. She has been involved in all aspects of project development from establishing work plans and budgets, coordinating fieldwork, and delivery of the program, to authoring reports and making recommendations to clients. Field expertise includes extensive fisheries work across a variety of linear corridor, infrastructure, mining, transportation and oil and gas projects in British Columbia and the Yukon using both novel and conventional fish capture and identification methods. Other notable field skills include experience with RISC and FHAP stream assessments, lake littoral zone assessments, benthic invertebrate sampling under CABIN protocols, sediment sampling, water quality sampling, and invasive plant management.In addition to her field biology experience, Marissa is experienced in writing and compiling information for Fisheries Act Authorization applications, Water Sustainability Act applications, fish habitat offsetting and monitoring plans, provincial and federal Environmental Assessment Certificate applications along with consultation with Indigenous groups and collaboration with Stakeholders. She has been involved project scoping and design processes, baseline data collection, data management/analysis, and reporting in addition to collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.Furthermore, she has acted as a lead environmental compliance monitor for multiple construction projects and has completed associated field tasks such as fish and amphibian salvages, water quality sampling, construction inspections, planting and site restoration oversight, in-stream works and riparian clearing oversight, and liaising with contractors and clients. Experienced in writing and reviewing monitoring reports and environmental management plans and assessing compliance with best management practices.