Community Working Group


Community Working Group
(David R. Gluns/UCWSRI photo)


The Community Working Group's functions include developing a common vision and public support for sturgeon recovery, providing information and feedback on recovery operations, informing the public, and seeking funding for recovery projects. Members of this group represent a range of interests including federal, provincial, and local governments, First Nations, public and industrial stakeholders, and US regulatory and tribal agencies.

Gary Birch
BC Hydro
Castlegar, British Columbia ~ Canada

Bill Duncan
CWG Co-Chair
Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. (Trail Operations)
Trail, British Columbia ~ Canada

Fiona Mackay
Celgar Pulp Company
Castlegar, British Columbia ~ Canada

Llewellyn Matthews
Columbia Power Corporation
Castlegar, British Columbia ~ Canada

Heidi McGregor
Okanagan Nation Alliance
Nelson, British Columbia ~ Canada

Christine McIntyre
Community Youth Member
Castlegar, British Columbia ~ Canada

Rena Vandenbos
Selkirk College
Castlegar, British Columbia ~ Canada

Bruce MacDonald
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Nelson, British Columbia ~ Canada

Jim Clarricoates
Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission
Cranbrook, British Columbia ~ Canada

Maureen DeHaan
CWG Co-Chair
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program
Nelson, British Columbia ~ Canada

Robert Fox
West Kootenay Naturalists
Trail, British Columbia ~ Canada

Gerard Nellestijn
Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society
Salmo, British Columbia ~ Canada

Sabrina Curtis
Columbia Basin Trust
Golden, British Columbia ~ Canada

Chris Beers
Columbia Kootenay Fisheries Renewal Partnership
Revelstoke, British Columbia ~ Canada

Clancy Boettger
Revelstoke Rod and Gun Club
Revelstoke, British Columbia ~ Canada