Transcendent Mining and Mobilization Inc. - Sparwood

Kirby is new to the TMM team, February 2019. Primarily a wetland and riparian areas ecologist, Kirby received a BSc. from the University of Lethbridge with a Biological Sciences major and a cooperative education designation with work terms at the Foothills Research Institute, Parks Canada, and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada.  After several years in the field as a biologist in training and now a professional biologist, Kirby returned to graduate school to further his education in riparian and wetland science discipline at University of Saskatchewan via a Masters of Science degree in Geography. His thesis research, on Beaver Impacts to Woody Vegetation in Urban Riverine Forests, is in the thesis writing stage and one of the intended results of this publication are management suggestions to improve the ability of land manager’s making informed decisions regarding beaver management in riverine forests.

Kirby’s professional experience continues to be in environmental sciences and in addition to completing his graduate education, he is a Term Certain Instructor at the Lethbridge College, School of Environmental Sciences. Prior to taking on near full time employment at Lethbridge College, Kirby spent nearly five years as a Riparian Resource Analyst at Cows and Fish (the Alberta RIparian Habitat Management Society). In that time he became involved in many aspects of riparian and wetland management including: over 300 riparian health inventories or assessments across Alberta, technical report writing and preparation, spatial analysis and mapping, and involvement in all stages of hands-on riparian restoration through planning and participation in multiple bio-engineering projects in Westslope Cutthroat Trout habitat.