Hilary Cooke
Conservation Ecologist and Co-Director of the Northern Boreal Mountains Program, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Biodiversity, Birds, Wildlife conservation, Forest conservation and ecology, Climate change, Wetland policy, Wildland fire management, Mineral legislation, Conservation in Canada's Northern Boreal, Land-use planning
Media
Yukoner makes chairs from fire-killed wood, as association pushes for easier access to deadwood
New framework identifies climate change “refugia” in boreal forest
Canadian forests damaged by insects or fire need to be protected, conservation group says
After burn: The new face of fire puts wildlife on the hot seat
Biography
Based in the Yukon, Hilary Cooke is a Conservation Ecologist and Co-Director of the Northern Boreal Mountains (NBM) Program. Cooke has 25 years experience leading ecological research, with specialities in avian ecology, boreal forest ecology, large-landscape conservation, and climate change adaptation, and their application to management and conservation. She leads the NBM Program’s strategic engagement on policy development and reform by providing scientific evidence and expertise on issues ranging from wetland policy and environmental assessments to wildland fire management and mineral legislation reform. She partners with First Nation, territorial, and federal governments, academics, and other civil society organizations to achieve evidence-based conservation outcomes in the NBM region.