Jeff Mason

Over the past six years, the Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek Society, and more importantly, Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek, has reaped the benefits of a particular youthful team member who has been dedicated to seeing the survival of the coho salmon in these local waters. Jeff Mason volunteered with the Society six years ago, and has since been employed as the Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek Site Naturalist in the last four years. Jeff’s experience and background with the creek allows him to keep the long-term interests of the Society, restoration project, and creek in mind. Considering the number of members, agencies, and animals involved, this role becomes quite complex.

It is Jeff’s impassioned desire to see the success of the coho species that has motivated him to acquire the skills and experience he possesses, which the Society and the salmon are currently benefiting from. He is currently being educated through a variety of forestry and wildlife & recreation courses at BCIT in Vancouver. However, Jeff is well aware that when he is not attending class, both now and well after the completion of his programs, that the learning process will never end for him.

Both through his school courses, and his role as the site naturalist, Jeff has taken on huge amounts of responsibility. He is currently working closely with the Project Manager, Joyce Pielou, and the new Operations Supervisor, Phillip Eisne, coordinating, surveying and supervising the current works in Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek. He seems to naturally attract responsibility because of his reputation for being utterly reliable at getting tasks done without supervision, and because of his self-directed accomplishments. Jeff Mason has proven to be the perfect compliment to the Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek Society, motivated purely by his own dedication and strong values. The intimacy he has formed with the creek over the years has, and will continue to, help guide the Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek Society over and around many of the obstacles that continually arise.

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