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Brianna serves as Environmental Manager and Biologist at KPFF Consulting Engineers with over 10 years of experience performing and managing environmental compliance projects, site investigations and technical field activities. A graduate of the University of Washington’s Wetland Science and Management Professional Certification program, Brianna is a certified Wetland Scientist and Wetland Professional in Training (WPIT) with the Society of Wetland Scientists. She has experience with Federal, State, and local compliance through diverse projects, performing riparian restoration design documentation, biological assessments, and critical areas assessments. In addition, she has performed field data collection, including conducting vegetation surveys, amphibian surveys, habitat assessments, wetland characterizations, mitigation site monitoring (vegetation and hydrology against performance standards) and water quality monitoring for habitat enhancement projects. Brianna is known for maintaining excellent professionalism and interactions with partners while delivering high-quality efficient work.

Paige Kowal joined Ducks Unlimited Canada's Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research in 2017. Her research interests are in the ecology and adaptive restoration of degraded wetlands.

Paige works closely with senior IWWR researchers in coordinating data collection, assisting with research analyses, and supervising field-site and seasonal crew members as part the Restoring the Tradition at Delta Marsh project. This restoration project involves the exclusion of invasive common carp from Delta Marsh, a large freshwater coastal marsh located along the south shore of Lake Manitoba. Data on water quality, aquatic vegetation, fish, and waterfowl of Delta Marsh were collected as part of a monitoring program to evaluate habitat restoration after carp exclusion began.

Paige graduated with her M.Sc. from the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Manitoba. Paige’s thesis focused on using GIS and aerial photo interpretation to analyze historical changes in emergent vegetation extent within Netley-Libau Marsh in Manitoba in response to lake and river hydrology.