As a forestry specialist with Sierra Club BC, Rob’s work focuses on different aspects of species and ecosystem protection. This includes everything from protecting individual species like the mountain caribou to big-picture issues like advocating for a B.C. endangered species act. Rob is also working with the Vancouver Olympic Committee to identify potential opportunities to use eco-certified wood in buildings for the Olympics.

Rob started his forestry career as a tree-planter and activist and was motivated to study forestry at UBC due to his involvement in the protests at Clayoquot Sound in 1993.  He spent two years in Chile working directly with subsistence level farmers and indigenous groups to produce value-added products from unutilized wood and introduce concepts of sustainable forest management.

In his spare time Rob likes to walk his dog, Sitka, play guitar and make furniture.  You’ll find him in the mountains either hiking or backcountry ski touring whenever there is a few days to spare.