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Heidi has over 15 years’ experience as a field botanist and vegetation ecologist. She holds a Diploma in Environmental Technology from Camosun College, and undergraduate and Masters degrees in Biology from the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia.
Heidi’s first trips to the Arctic were in the summers of 2001 and 2002 when she assisted researchers involved on Ellesmere Island in the International Tundra Experiment, a global network of experimental sites involved in studying the effects of climate change on plant phenology, density and vigour under different conditions. Following this, she spent the summers of 2004 and 2005 doing field research and collecting plant specimens for a Master’ thesis throughout vehicle accessible areas of the Yukon and Alaska.
During the second of these summers she also assisted as a volunteer in an intensive rare plant survey of the Ogilvie Mountain region of the Yukon. Since starting her professional consulting career in 2006 Heidi has worked in various ecosystem types including boreal wetlands, grasslands, high elevation forests and alpine tundra. As a rare plant specialist, in addition to rare plant surveys she has undertaken baseline plant inventories and targeted weed surveys as well as participating in Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping surveys. Besides her scientific contributions to projects she is always ready to aid in the logistical aspects of field work. She has appreciated the opportunities she has had to work closely with members of several first nations and has learned and continues to learn a great deal from them.
She is diligent and knowledgeable and very comfortable working in the wilderness in all types of conditions.