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Laurence Turney, R.P.Bio., Owner/Senior Wildlife Biologist, is the sole proprietor of Ardea Biological Consulting. He graduated from the University of Victoria in 1983 with an emphasis on zoology and ecology and has over 15 years of fish and wildlife habitat related experience. Laurence has held positions with consulting firms, the Department of Renewable Resources in the Northwest Territories, and the BC Ministry of the Environment.   Laurence has over 13 years experience in project and personnel management, as well as valuable experience in fish and wildlife habitat issues and integrated resource planning related to timber harvesting, land management and impact assessments.  He is also experienced in a variety of survey techniques and management strategies for fish and wildlife species found in the province.  In recent years, Laurence has been project manager for a number of studies of mountain goat habitat and habitat use in the Morice Forest District near Nadina Mountain. Studies have included behaviour and habitat use of forested rocky bluff sites near Nadina Mountain, monitoring of mountain goat use of a trail system from Nadina Mountain to a mineral lick, mountain goat population inventories of Nadina Mountain and Mount Morice and site investigations of mountain goat GPS collar locations.  Laurence has extensive experience in field assessment methods including sign removal transects, encounter transects and aerial surveys.

Roy Blume, Wildlife Biologist, has worked with Laurence over the past six years on a variety of wildlife habitat assessment projects. He graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario) in 1985 with a degree in geography and completed a Diploma of Technology in Environmental Science at Camosun College (Victoria, BC) in 1998. Roy has been a key participant in several studies of mountain goat habitat use and behaviour in the Morice Forest District. These projects include studies of forested habitat use by mountain goats, monitoring of trail use by mountain goats moving from Nadina Mountain to a mineral lick, inventories of mountain goat populations on Nadina Mountain and Mount Morice and site investigations of mountain goat GPS collar locations. He was also involved in a project on habitat suitability mapping for mountain goats in the Kispiox Forest District, and inventories of non-alpine mountain goat habitat in the Morice and Lakes Forest Districts. Roy has extensive experience in field assessment methods including sign removal transects, encounter transects, aerial surveys and aerial and ground based radio telemetry.

Anne-Marie Roberts, Wildlife Biologist, has worked on a variety of wildlife and habitat projects over the previous seven years. She graduated from Simon Fraser University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with the Co-op program and has been working and consulting in the Skeena region for over six years. She has experience on a variety of projects including wildlife habitat assessments, ecosystem mapping projects, and caribou winter forage and diet studies. Anne-Marie has extensive experience in field assessment methods including reconnaissance level assessments, encounter transects and participated in conducting site investigations of mountain goat GPS collar locations.