Tony Pesklevits
Board Member
Tony and his wife Lisa moved to the Bulkley Valley in 2008. His work with the First Nations Initiatives Division of the Integrated Land Management Bureau involves building collaborative agreements between government agencies and northwest First Nations on land use and resource management, shared decision-making, resource revenue-sharing, and governance.
Prior to joining the provincial government in 2007, Tony spent nine years in Nova Scotia, where he led an environmental field research program at Acadia University and worked with government, academic, and industry partners to develop of a strategic research plan for the Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve. Tony completed a graduate degree and post-graduate research at Dalhousie University focused on complex-systems approaches for conserving and restoring eastern old-growth forests. His research interests are cross-cutting and currently focus on collaborative governance, community resilience, conflict resolution, and locating the prime fishing holes in the greater Skeena watershed.
In his free time, Tony is a chainsaw ecologist with a passion for ecoforestry, counting tree rings, and making sawdust.