Wendy Hoeksma

Wendy Hoeksma

E-mail: whoeksma@hotmail.com

EMPLOYMENT

Stream Team Member	October 99 to January 00
Veins of Life Watershed Society	Victoria, BC

-SHIM (sensitive habitat, inventory, and mapping) survey of 15000 linear meters of the Craigflower Creek system

-Web page design, which included restoration reports, and a plant and wildlife identification page

-Plant identification in the field, and creation of a herbarium

-Fin clipped and tagged salmon fry

-Projects included bank stabilization, and erosion control

-Entered data into Excel

-Used ArcView and GIS to collect and massage data

Canvasser	July 99 to September 99
Western Canada Wilderness Committee	Victoria, BC

-Worked with the public soliciting donations and funds

-Provided environmental education to the public

Fisheries Technician	May to August 98
Northumberland Salmon Protection Association	Miramichi, NB

-Worked with a team to check and clean fish traps

-Entered data into Excel, and WordPerfect

-Identified and tagged Atlantic Salmon smolts and adults

-Aged and sexed Atlantic Salmon smolts

-Electrofishing to determine the composition of the Miramichi River

-Used a beach seine to collect young Large Mouthed Bass

Machine Operator	Summers 93 to 97
Arvin Special Machinery	Miramichi, NB

-Worked shift work on a team, doing quality control

-Worked with computers (spreadsheets, typing and some programming)

-Greeted customers and receptionist work

-Cleaned and painted

-Ran machines, operated a fork lift

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Biology	Sept. 94 to April 98
University of New Brunswick	Fredericton, NB

-Graduated with first class distinctions

-Honours 1997-98

-Vice President of the Biology Society 1997-98

-Ski team winter 95-96

-House and society sports teams

VOLUNTEER WORK

Helper	July 92, 93 and 94
Miramichi Triathlon	Miramichi, NB

-Handing out water to runners

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST