Lynnea Parker

So I have been starting to get more involved in the environment by means of volunteer work in Nanaimo. The most recent was working with a Fisheries Technician on the Millstone River over spring break for two days. It was a lot of fun working in a small group planting native plants and trapping fish for data analysis. I learned a lot about the local ecosystems and water ways at the same time. The Millstone river is mostly man made over the last couple years and now it is complete. The goal of the river was to improve Coho Salmon stocks which were small because of the complicated waterfall blocking their paths. So far from what everyone has seen, there is already a significant improvement in numbers and health of the river. At the end I got a certificate as a "Vegetation Management Technician" with experience in many other areas such as invasive plant removal, fish trapping and sampling, identification ect.

Working with Charles Thirkill was great, he really knows a lot about everything.

I am now in the process of helping out at the ocean biological centre to help teach elementary kids about ocean life. That should start sometime before the end of this month.