Alana is a Research Associate and leads the whitebark pine program at the BVRC. She has spent over 15 years studying these important and endangered ecosystems through both her MSc on forest response to multiple disturbances and her PhD on the drivers that limit the northern extent of whitebark pine’s range. Alana has had the opportunity to learn from and work with many passionate whitebark pine colleagues, including Sybille Haeussler, who initiated the program in NW BC, as well as spending over 13 years on the board of the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada.

Ingrid is a big whitebark pine fan and loves getting to work in their beautiful ecosystems. She has been on the team since 2020. Sybille taught her how to identify collection trees and what to look for when monitoring our seedlings. Ingrid is Alana’s right hand gal when running the restoration program. She works closely with Jen in the field during seed collection, planting, and monitoring.

Jen is a whitebark pine enthusiast who has been involved with the whitebark pine recovery program since the beginning. Starting out as a field assistant in 2013, under Sybille’s wing, learning the ropes of monitoring and seed collection, she now leads the field team for cone collection, monitoring and planting throughout the Region. Jen also worked with the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation – Canada assisting with the backend of the organization.

Outside of whitebark, she still enjoys battling the blackflies every season working as a consulting biologist and agrologist and enjoys exploring the mountains and coastlines with her 2 and 4-legged family from her homebase in Smithers.