Under the direction of the Data Manager, Carrie Robb, the BCMCA website continues to improve. Since the summer of 2011, content has been added to the marine atlas and data library and the document library. We have been working hard behind the scenes to prepare more data and information for download! Read more…
The BCMCA is in the final stages of preparing our Marxan analysis report on results. We have posted the report A Series of Marxan Scenarios for Pacific Canada that describes how we used Marxan to identify areas of high conservation value and areas important to human use. The 60-page report illustrates the results for 6 different ecological scenarios that drew on 170 ecological features to identify areas of high conservation value. Read more…
As of November 2011, the Project Team welcomes a new C0-chair, Rob Paynter, from the provincial Ministry of Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Rob joins Karin Bodtker, the other BCMCA Co-chair, who works for the Living Oceans Society and is also the environmental non-government representative. Read more…
While the overall purpose of the BCMCA project is to collaboratively identify marine areas of high conservation value and areas important to human use in Canada’s Pacific Ocean, the project has entered a new phase as of the summer 2011. Read more…
BCMCA hired a new Project Manager, Gillian Saxby, last fall. Gillian comes to the BCMCA with a strong background in project management and has over twenty years experience in working with governments, NGOs, and First Nations. She also has extensive experience working with project teams, collaborative processes and informal problem solving including consensus decision making. Read more…
The BCMCA is on the hunt for a new Project Manager! Our new phase of work focuses on delivery and support for the products we have produced, including our marine atlas and data library. We’ll miss Dave Nicolson’s careful oversight and we thank him for his dedication to the project, which is ongoing through this transition. Please circulate this BCMCA job description – Project Manager July 2011 (0.2 MB PDF) widely to those seeking challenging and rewarding project management and outreach work in B.C.’s marine sector.
Best wishes for a summer-like August?!
The BCMCA Project Team