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Bernard K. Schroeder (BKS) is a wildlife and environmental consultant with extensive experience conducting wildlife research and monitoring in Western Canada and the US Pacific Northwest. As such, BKS specializes in ornithological studies with expertise in environmental impact assessment, habitat assessment, suitability mapping, behavioural studies and population monitoring. Clients include federal and provincial government, industry, conservation organizations and academic institutions.

Recent Bernard K. Schroeder Consulting (BKSC) projects include monitoring for wind power projects, run of river hydro, and transmission line placement. In addition, BKS coordinated and conducted long-term BC coast-wide Marbled Murrelet population trend monitoring studies for Canadian Wildlife Service and Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development as well as conducting habitat assessments and suitability mapping using air photo interpretation and low-level aerial surveys. BKS has also done seabird surveys and density studies for private sector and Federal and Provincial government throughout British Columbia coastal waters. BKS’s seabird work has contributed to projects such as Living Oceans Society’s coast-wide Marxan seabird analysis to identify conservation hot spots. He also has expertise in the use of ornithological radar since 1998 for monitoring spatial and temporal movements of Marbled Murrelets and nocturnally migrating birds.

BKS is an experienced breeding bird and raptor surveyor; both for diurnally migrating raptors such as Northern Goshawk and at-risk owl species such as Northern Spotted Owl and Western Screech-owl.

BKS conducted numerous biophysical surveys, assessments and environmental monitoring projects including erosion and sediment control, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) screenings and environmental monitoring for water supply upgrades and restoration works in sensitive fish and marine habitats.

BKS has instructed and certified surveyors for conducting Marbled Murrelet radar, nesting activity, habitat, and vegetation surveys on behalf of the Provincial Resources Inventory Standards Committee (RISC), Forestry Continuing Studies Network (FCSN), Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and the University of Victoria in Canada and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, US Geological Survey, Alaska Department of Fish and Wildlife and Hamer Environmental in the United States. He is involved in the development and implementation of monitoring strategies, survey protocols and experimentation with innovative survey techniques. BKS has also collaborated with Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Wildlife Ecology to support graduate student projects. Research on ornithological radar survey techniques are published in the Journal of Marine Ornithology. Expedition experience includes more than 360 days at-sea on research vessels.