Sara Jose

- Developed project work plans for stream and riparian rehabilitation; site/habitat assessment and monitoring; and biological sampling, taking into account program and project objectives, resource availability, and seasonal constraints.

- Coordinated with vendors for the procurement of supplies, equipment, and services necessary for project implementation.

- Manage the Conservation Crew, ensuring the provision of appropriate training and providing guidance, support, and direction as needed to ensure safety, coordination of field activities, and effective implementation of projects.

- Coordinate with stakeholders and partners to implement project logistics, incorporating feedback into project plans as necessary.

- Operated equipment, tools, and vehicles while adhering to safety protocols and best practices

- Oversaw data collection efforts, ensuring accurate and timely collection of and management of project data and information

- Collaborated and fostered relationships with partners, stakeholders, community members, suppliers, vendors, donors, Indigenous groups and organizations.

- Stayed informed about developments in stream and riparian restoration, monitoring, and assessment, incorporating new knowledge into program strategies and approaches.

- Assisted in the reduction of invasive species populations by conducting thorough removal and mititgation projects.

- Contributed to the preservation of natural resources through diligent monitoring and data collection efforts.

- Enhanced aquatic ecosystem health by implementing effective conservation practices, monitoring, and restoration techniques.

- Contributed to the preservation of natural resources through diligent monitoring and data collection efforts.

- Regular stream rehabilitation works (bioengineering, aquatic habitat enhancement)

- Regular monitoring and assessment fieldwork (aquatic habitat assessments, fisheries surveys, aquatic invertebrate collections, water quality analyses, electrofishing experience).

- Active participation in community outreach activities (assisting with volunteer workdays and delivering educational programming).

- Creation of social media content, and other administrative tasks. - Completion of data entry and analysis.

- Developed strong cooperative relationships with coworkers and managers.

- Assisted in the main office parking lot Road Salt Study.

- Regularly maintained, calibrated, troubleshooted and downloaded data from monitoring equipment including conductivity sensors, winter maintenance cameras and friction sensors.

- Prepared monitoring equipment to capture data from winter weather events

- Conducted data analysis

- Summarized data analysis results

- Shared regular updates on progress with the team

- Held a role as a team member responsible for assisting the water resources field staff.

- Completed the annual sampling of the Provincial Ground Water Monitoring Network wells.

- Practiced identifying benthos down to the family level. • Completed monthly surface water sampling for the Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network (80 monitoring points across watershed).

- Completed annual groundwater sampling of 25 wells across the watershed not in the PGMN.

- Regularly calibrated YSI probes, and Exo automatic samplers.

- Assisted with maintenance of precipitation gauges, a fire reporting weather station, and an ISCO automatic sampler.

- Completed regular benthos sampling using the OBBN protocol and BioMap protocol, and identification of specimens collected (down to order and family level.

- Held an organizational role as a team member responsible for assisting with the implementation of the Restoration Program duties and responsibilities.

- Assisted with: The implementation of projects as required to meet the objectives of NPCA Program and other stewardship initiatives as they are developed.

- The development of a restoration project monitoring protocol for the NPCA’s Restoration Program.

- Data Management of past Restoration Program projects, with an active role in using ESRI software.

- Monitoring of past Restoration Program projects.

- Assisted in the 5-week spring tree planting initiative.

- Assisted in the management of invasive species removal

- Assisted with OSAP Stream Protocol Monitoring