Tim Thurston
Instructor in School of Environment and Geomatics
Credentials:MNRM, BSc
Room O-132
Direct: 250.365.1357
Tel: 250.365.7292 Ext. 328
Bio
Tim Thurston specializes in parks and protected area management and planning. Tim’s work has ranged from monitoring backcountry visitor impacts in the Rocky Mountains, to plant ecology in the High Arctic, and from working as a Park Ranger for BC Parks to developing protected area plans and building trails, foot bridges and cable-car crossings as an independent consultant. Tim has taught at Selkirk College since 1998.When not at work, Tim can be found out paddling, climbing or skiing in B.C.’s backcountry.
Publications
Master of Natural Resources Management, 1993
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Thesis focused on monitoring and managing backcountry recreation impacts in a mountain park.
Bachelor of Science - Honours Environmental Science, 1990
University of Toronto, Ontario
Undergraduate thesis focused on environmental parameters affecting muskoxen in the Canadian High Arctic.