Brant Land Trust is pleased to announce Jack Imhof will be the speaker for the second session of the three-part annual public lecture series Examining Our Relationship with and Responsibilities to the Land.
This series is being presented in collaboration with the Laurier Institute for Water Science, Wilfrid Laurier University. Jack will speak about how urbanization changes the water cycle, the implications for ecological and physical processes, and how our management of water resources tends to minimize water resource protection, resulting in degraded environments. He will also touch on how stormwater management and development planning processes risk contributing to degrading these resources.
“As we see higher climate variability, we need to realize that development is not a choice between fish and people. It is about creating both a healthy and safe living environment for people and fish,” said Jack Imhof.
Jack Imhof has spent over 50 years working on river and watershed restoration – his areas of specialization are restoration ecology, watershed science and management and natural channel design. During that time Jack has also been an active fly fisher, fishing across Canada and around the world. His work has won him multiple awards for his ongoing efforts to improve the health and quality of Canada’s watersheds, including the Conservation Pioneer Award at the A.D. Latornell Symposium (2012), and the title of Legend in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences by the Canadian Aquatic Resources Section of the American Fisheries Society (2022). Since retiring in 2017 as the National Biologist and Director of Conservation Ecology for Trout Unlimited Canada (now Freshwater Conservation Canada), he has been developing and teaching the FCC/TUC Watershed and Stream Rehabilitation Training Program. During his working career he was a provincial Aquatic Ecologist and Watershed Research Scientist with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and an adjunct professor at University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, Brock University and Trent University. In retirement he sits on advisory boards and continues to provide policy and science advice to various NGOs and municipalities.
The lecture will be presented in person and online. Admission is free. In person seating is first-come, first-seated. To register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/brant-land-trust-public-lecture-series-jack-imhof-tickets-1976607144177
