BCWF Juvenile Sturgeon Webinar Series

Sorry about being late on this one:




Join the BCWF webinar crew three times:

February 3rd, February 8th and 16th at 6:00 PM (PST) for the remaining presentations of the Juvenile Sturgeon Conservation Series. During these informative presentations, you will hear from expert guest speakers on the status of the white sturgeon in BC, with a focus on juvenile sturgeons and the future of this ancient species. Don’t miss out!



Click here to register. Registration is free.

February 3rd webinar:

Dr. Marvin Rosenau has over 35-years of experience working in freshwater fisheries in the province of British Columbia and overseas. Much of his work has focused on stream and lake habitat-protection and restoration, including issues relating to gravel-removal from streams, lake fertilization and flow-augmentation for fluvial (stream) fishes. Dr. Rosenau worked extensively on lower Fraser River white sturgeon during the 1990s as a BC fisheries program biologist and as a Director and member of the Science Committee with the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society. He has continued on with work on lower Fraser and Nechako river white sturgeon, including teaching a fisheries course at BCIT’s Fish Wildlife and Recreation Program, and as an expert witness in a Federal Supreme Court action on the latter stream. Other fish species that Dr. Rosenau has worked on over the years include kokanee, Salish suckers, coho and Chinook salmon, steelhead and non-salmonid fishes.

February 8th webinar:

Presenter Sarah Stephenson, R.P. Bio, Rare & Endangered Fish Biologist, Ministry of Forest, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. For the last 10 years as a fish biologist for BC MFLNRO Sarah has been the lead for the Kootenay White Sturgeon recovery program for BC and a member of the Upper Columbia River White Sturgeon Recovery technical working group. Juvenile studies are a large focus of both populations; programs she has led include annual population monitoring, telemetry and ageing work. Beginning this January, Sarah started in a position with BC MFLNRO as a Sturgeon Restoration Specialist, working on all White Sturgeon populations in BC and looking forward to working more on the Fraser and Nechako Rivers populations.

February 16th webinar:

Presenter: Colin Schwindt, Senior Aquatic Biologist