Director, LGL Limited
Wildlife Ecologist

Joined LGL in 1994

Degrees

Interests

• Marine and terrestrial ecosystems
• Applied ecology
• Ecological monitoring
• Effects of humans on wildlife
• Noise in the marine environment
• Critical reviews of published works
• Wildlife-highway relationships
• Wildlife crisis management
• First Nation capacity building and co-management
• Wildlife inventory and radio-telemetry

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Mike W. Demarchi, MSc, RPBio , has expertise in many aspects of marine and terrestrial ecological research and impact assessment from study design through final reporting and monitoring under provincial and federal assessment processes. Mike is at home in both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. He has been directly involved as a project biologist on a number of high-profile projects for clients at all levels of government, Crown corporations, small private firms and multi-national companies. His work has involved airports, hydroelectric dams, a geothermal project, transmission lines, seismic survey work, rapid transit, highways, pipelines, and port facilities. He has designed and implemented large-scale aerial inventories and radio telemetry studies of birds and ungulates, and is very familiar with DNA hair sampling of grizzly bears. Recently, Mike has been providing government, NGOs, and private firms with technical advice on matters pertaining to noise effects on birds and mammals in marine environments. He has worked closely with several First Nations in BC, providing technical advice and building capacity. Mike is a Registered Professional Biologist in BC under the College of Applied Biology.