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Rachel Darvill has been working on wildlife research projects for over 25 years and is currently a professional biologist with her own consulting company, Goldeneye Ecological Services. In recent years, she has developed and been the lead biologist for the four-year Columbia Wetlands Marsh Bird Monitoring Project (contracted by ECCC Canadian Wildlife Service), the five-year Columbia Wetlands Waterbird Survey, and currently the multi-year Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project administered by Wildsight Golden. Rachel is also leading conservation work for species-at-risk projects focused on Lewis’s Woodpecker, American Badger, and Western Painted Turtle projects on behalf of the Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners for the Kootenay Conservation Program’s Kootenay Connect project. She has a great passion for all living things and loves encouraging others to get outside and involved with bird research projects by creating numerous citizen-science opportunities for people to contribute to bird conservation.

Verena Shaw is a passionate naturalist who has been involved in Columbia Valley conservation projects during the past decade. She has been the project assistant with the Upper Columbia Swallow Habitat Enhancement Project through Wildsight Golden since its inception five years ago. One of her favourite aspects of this job is reaching out to people to share with them the beauty of our local birds.

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