M.Sc, R.P. Bio
Instructor, Applied Environmental Science & Planning Technology; Recreation, Fish & Wildlife
"It is not hard to be inspired to learn about the natural environment in a place like the Kootenays: the more you learn, the greater your motivation to know more!" —Doris Hausleitner, Wildlife instructor
Doris currently teaches Techniques in Wildlife Management for the Recreation Fish and Wildlife Program. She also teaches the restoration field school for Applied Environmental Science & Planning Technology.
Doris is the owner/operator of a consulting company, Seepanee Ecological Consulting, which has specialized in research on rare and endangered wildlife species in British Columbia since 2003.
Past & Current Projects
- Drones and dens; using citizen science, habitat modeling and drones to describe wolverine reproductive sites
- Species at risk and fire prescription planning
- Habitat use of flammulated owls
- Riparian and wetland restoration
- Long term wildlife monitoring; ungulates, birds, reptiles and amphibians
- Invasive plant monitoring
- Impact assessments for winter recreation
- Landscape scale non-invasive genetic sampling of wolverine
- Radio-telemetry of Western screech-owls; demographics and habitat use
- Inventory of British Columbia owls
- Mark-recapture study for western toad migration
- Common night-hawk inventory and nest search
- Northern spotted-owl demography study
- Greater sage-grouse population dynamics and habitat use study
- Habitat analysis of black-necked cranes in Bhutan
Community Involvement Past & Present
- Coach for Nelson Nordic Ski Club
- Member of Kootenay Agricultural Society
- Kootenay Conservation Program Board of Directors
- Slocan Wetlands Assessment and Monitoring Project Steering Committee
- Columbia Mountains Institute Board of Directors
- Selkirk College Sustainability Committee
Doris lives on a nine-acre farm outside of Nelson with her family and multiple farm animals. The Kootenays provide her family with so much—community, recreation and sustainable living.