Sybille Haeussler
Board Member & Past President
Sybille Haeussler is a forester and research scientist whose work focuses on the effects of human activities on the diversity, resilience and complexity of terrestrial ecosystems and plant communities, and on improving ecosystem-based forest and rangeland management. She is an adjunct professor with the University of Northern BC and currently works with the Bulkley Valley Research Centre, UNBC and other partners on several projects including whitebark pine ecosystem restoration, climate change adaptation and non-timber forest resources. Sybille has a B.S.F. from the University of British Columbia, an M.Sc. (Forest Ecology) from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences) from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is a member of the Association of British Columbia Forest Professionals.
Sybille grew up in Kitimat, BC and arrived in the Bulkley Valley in 1978. She operated Skeena Forestry Consultants in Smithers from 1982 until recently, and has been active as a community volunteer in consensus-based land use planning, grassland conservation and restoration and environmental education. She is a founding Board Member and served as President and Chair of the Bulkley Valley Research Centre from 2004 to 2010.