Debbie Cichowski
Board Member
Deborah Cichowski is a wildlife ecologist with a keen interest in the ecology and landscapes of northwestern BC. She has been involved with research and management of woodland caribou in west-central BC since 1985 and is currently conducting research on the effects of the mountain pine beetle epidemic on caribou habitat use and lichen dynamics. She has also worked on other research projects including a predator/prey study in Spatsizi Park with the Spatsizi Association for Biological Research.
From 1991 to 1999, Deborah was a Resource Officer with BC Parks in the Northern BC Region and then in the Skeena District, where she worked on natural and cultural resource issues in protected areas all over northwestern BC. Since 1999, she has been operating Caribou Ecological Consulting and specializes in wildlife management, research and planning, caribou recovery planning, protected areas planning, and synthesis of ecological information.
Deborah is a Registered Professional Biologist (College of Applied Biology) and a Registered Professional Forester (Association of BC Forest Professionals) with a B.Sc. (Hon.) in Zoology from UBC (1985) and M.Sc. in Wildlife Biology (Forestry) from UBC (1990).
Deborah was born and raised in BC and grew up in Ocean Falls and Campbell River. She lived in the Chilcotin while conducting her research for her M.Sc. and first moved to Smithers in 1990. After 3 years with BC Parks in Prince George, she has lived in Smithers since 1994, where she enjoys hiking, skiing, basketball, gardening and her horses.