Having retired from teaching Biology, Marine Environmental Systems, and SCUBA diving at Lester B. Pearson College for 28 years, I now live on a farm in Metchosin, a community where I serve on the Environmental Advisory Select Committee. I have been the Ecological Reserve warden for the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve since 1980 and continue to do consulting in Marine Education.

After serving as an intervenor for the Board of Friends of Ecological Reserves on the National Energy Board Trans Mountain Pipeline hearings, one of my ongoing concerns is that the current and projected increase in oil and bulk tankers, container ships, cruise ships, and other marine traffic poses an unmitigated risk for sensitive marine ecosystems around the southern half of Vancouver Island. Any cleanup of spills from a marine disaster would be near-impossible given the usual prevailing wind speed and current conditions in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Through my work with SeaChange, as well as the marine-focused websites I manage (see https://racerocks.ca, https://metchosinmarine.ca, and https://ecoreserves.bc.ca), I hope to raise awareness about this issue and continue to contribute towards restoration efforts in the Salish Sea.