Join us during your lunch break (12:30-1:30 p.m. PT) over the "desk season" and deepen your understanding of leading practices in ecological restoration.
We asked, you answered: Speakers in this series have been invited based on your requests during our June 2024 workshop and July-August 2025 practitioner surveys.
Announcing the 2025-2026 Community of Practice (CoP) Lunch and Learn Webinar Series:
| September 23, 2025 | SERNbc Projects | Brandon Geldart, Program Coordinator, SERNbc | Register for Sept. 23rd |
| October 21, 2025 | Indigenous Rights and the Environment | Gary Pritchard, Founder, 4 Directions Conservation Consulting | Register for Oct. 21st |
| December 2, 2025 | Introducing the Skeena Restoration Project Registry and Data Hubs | Manuela Zindler, Project Coordinator, Skeena Knowledge Trust | Register for Dec. 2nd |
| December 16, 2025 | Ecologically-suitable Species Guideline | Katelyn White, Biologist, BC Energy Regulator | Register for Dec. 16th |
| January 13, 2026 | Climate Change Adaptations and Beaver Dam Analogs | Wayne Salewski, President, Nechako Environment and Water Stewardship Society | Register for Jan. 13th |
| January 27, 2026 | Co-existing with Beavers | Amanda Ronnquist, Senior Science Communicator, Fuse Consulting Ltd. | Register for Jan. 27th |
| February 10, 2025 | Water Monitoring for ER Projects | Ian Ruttenberg, Water Resource Project Officer, Blueberry River First Nations | Register for Feb. 10th |
| February 24, 2026 | Lessons from Northern BC: Planning and Executing Reclamation on Disturbed Sites Utilizing Native Seed | Aaron Mackay, General Manager, Fixed Earth | Register for Feb. 24th |
| March 24, 2026 | Getting into (ER) Consulting | Robin Routledge, President, Recon Environmental, Ltd. | Register for Mar. 24th |
| April 28, 2026 | TBC | Doug Casimel, Toonasa Ne Keyah Stewardship Department Manager, Stellat'en First Nation | Register for Apr. 28th |
*Webinars in the 2026 portion of the series have individual join links in Teams; even if you registered for the 2025 events, you will need to sign up individually for 2026 events.
The purposes of the society are to:
Identify, treat, and monitor
Coordinate ecosystem restoration
Acquire technical information on ecosystem restoration and disseminate it to SERNbc members and stakeholders.
SERNbc’s membership, stakeholders, and other project proponents drive our ecosystem restoration programming. Project ideas are evaluated and prioritized by SERNbc staff and Board of Directors. The restoration objectives for new restoration project must align with SERNbc’s mission and the goals in SERNbc’s strategic plan.
SERNbc requires a Preliminary Application of proposed project before funding can be considered.
Creation of large level landscape level restoration plans through collaboration with First Nations, Government, Industry, local communities and stakeholders
Over 1000ha of terrestrial habitat restoration that benefits species, ecosystems and local communities through the use of prescribed burned, mechanical and manual thinning, and tree planting initiatives
Over 200km of stream restoration through fish passage restoration
Over 200km of road restoration and counting
Society for Ecosystem Restoration
PO Box 190
Vanderhoof, BC
V0J 3A0
