Who is Rick Page?

I’ve been working in British Columbia for almost 30 years on natural resource management issues and am extremely pleased to join the BC Marine Conservation Analysis team as the new Human Use Project Coordinator.

Neil Davis did an excellent job and has accepted a new challenge with the federal government, but he has offered to help me through the transition. Thank you, Neil, for all your contributions to this project.

I am Registered Professional Biologist with training in wildlife ecology and forestry and have worked with governments from municipal to federal across Canada and the US, as well as industry and non-government environmental groups. One of my greatest challenges was working on the Commission on Resources and Environment to build a consensus land use plan for the Cariboo-Chilcotin. I also was a negotiator with the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation on the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and both of those activities provide me with some wonderful experiences that I can bring to the BCMCA.

After 15 years with the BC government, I’ve been self-employed for the last decade. Most of my career has been in applied research (I’ve taught Conservation Biology at UVIC) but my research has always focused on finding solutions. I know more than I should know about computer programming and the guts of GIS, but I’m a biologist after all and use the computer as a tool, not as a way of life. I’m also an active outdoorsman, who enjoys fresh and saltwater fly fishing and am building a new saltwater fly rod.