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Marc Imus, Program Manager
Marc joined the PWFWCP in October 2008 as the new Program Manager, on a secondment from the Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB). He has worked for various provincial government agencies over the past 10 years including the Land Use Coordination Office, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management and ILMB. His work experience has been in the field of land and resource planning in southern and northern interior BC, working with a variety of resource sectors, stakeholder groups and engaging with First Nations on conservation and resource management projects. He has two young daughters and enjoys the outdoors and traveling around the province of B.C.
 Mari
Wood, Senior Wildlife Biologist
Mari joined the PWFWCP as a full-time wildlife biologist in May
1991. Her educational background includes completion of a Bachelor of
Science degree at Simon Fraser University, and a Fish, Wildlife and
Recreation Technology diploma at BCIT. Before joining the PWFWCP, Mari
worked on a variety of projects for the Ministry of Environment, Lands
and Parks, including studying white pelican foraging behaviour, transplanting
mountain goats, and capturing and monitoring various wildlife species.
Mari's work with the PWFWCP focuses primarily on large ungulates and
large carnivores, though she has also worked on reservoir eagle and
osprey populations, breeding songbirds, and amphibians. Wood is currently
studying the effects of winter ticks on Stone's sheep populations, behaviour
of grizzly bears before and after a landfill closure, and juvenile prey
selection by wolves.
Fraser
Corbould, Wildlife Biologist
 Fraser
holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Simon Fraser University and
a diploma in Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation Technology from BCIT. Prior
to joining the PWFWCP full-time in the summer of 1992, Fraser was involved
with marten habitat assessment work, mule deer habitat enhancements,
spotted owl research, and ungulate inventories and transplants. Since
joining the PWFWCP, Fraser has worked primarily on wetland enhancements,
waterfowl and furbearer inventories, vegetation assessments, and ungulate
inventories and habitat enhancements. His current work is focused on
the completion of a five-year study on fishers (a medium-sized carnivore
related to martens) and habitat enhancements (e.g., prescribed burning).
 Brian
Blackman, Senior Fish Biologist
Brian, who worked on fish enhancement/research projects on Vancouver
Island for 10 years before joining the compensation program in 1988,
is an enthusiastic outdoorsman. One of the key projects he has worked
on since joining the PWFWCP is to determine why Arctic grayling have
disappeared from so many streams, how to prevent further declines in
the remaining stocks and how or if Arctic grayling can be reintroduced
back into streams that historically supported populations.
Arne
Langston, Fish Biologist
 Arne
graduated from the University of Victoria, majoring in marine biology
and zoology. After working for the federal Department of Fisheries and
Oceans and a number of consulting companies for several years, he joined
the PWFWCP in 1991. He has been involved in all of the fisheries projects
from stocking lakes to improving fish spawning habitat.
 Randy
Zemlak, Fish Technician
Randy Zemlak is a fish technician who has been with the program since
1994. His interests focus mainly on research projects relating to biodiversity
and conservation of fish species. Currently, Randy is striving to understand
the molecular genetic make up of the populations of pygmy whitefish
within the Williston Watershed. In addition, little is known about the
native brassy minnow populations throughout the watershed and Randy
has initiated some preliminary studies on this species biology, habitat
use, and distribution.
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