New public representative: Mae Whyte joins our Peace Region board
We are excited to welcome Mae Whyte to our Peace Region board as the newest public representative on our 16-member board.
Mae lives in our Peace Region on the traditional lands of Blueberry River, Doig River, and Halfway River First Nations.
She is a Registered Professional Biologist with the College of Applied Biologists and is a Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner with the international Society for Ecological Restoration (SER).
Currently, Mae is the president of the Charlie Lake Conservation Society and has served as a director-at-large with the Western Canada chapter of SER since 2019. She is a lifelong learner who recently completed courses in assisted natural regeneration and the wetland ecosystem services protocol.
Mae has worked in the public and private sectors supporting Indigenous, federal, and municipal governments, and she has worked with several educational institutions and multiple environmental non-profits. She’s passionate about restoration, landscape ecology, freshwater conservation, and boreal forests. Mae brings a wealth of experience to the FWCP having worked on projects to benefit fish and wildlife in the Peace, including caribou, moose, and bull trout.