Fred Burgess joins Archipelago as Operations Manager of Environmental Services. He talks about the projects that shaped him, why community priorities belong at the centre of restoration work, and why he has no interest in steering the ship alone.
Archipelago examines oil spill response planning for British Columbia coastal wetlands, outlining environmental sensitivity, data gaps, and practical cleanup considerations to support effective preparedness, site-specific response strategies, and long-term protection of vulnerable marine and estuarine ecosystems.
A coastal habitat mapping system which has been done for the whole coast of the Pacific Northwest. ShoreZone started flying in BC and then moved on to Alaska (Washington and Oregon coastlines have been flown as well) to fly dozens of surveys over the years, collecting low tide imagery to use for classification into descriptive, biophysical spatial dataset.
One of the most remote places in Alaska that was surveyed for ShoreZone is Saint Lawrence Island, over 100 kilometres off the coast of Nome Alaska in the north Bering Sea. The survey there was done during summertime low tides, in one week in the middle of July 2013.
A pilot project assessed efficient, repeatable methods for updating urban harbour ecological inventories, providing reliable spatial data to support land use planning, environmental protection, restoration priorities, and long-term monitoring of ecological change.
Archipelago implemented understory kelp salvage and recolonization measures to reduce temporary habitat loss from dredging, supporting faster ecological recovery and maintaining functional kelp habitats critical to local fish productivity.
Archipelago led environmental planning, design support, and monitoring for rocky reef habitat creation in Esquimalt Harbour, supporting effective construction, risk management, and post-construction assessment to establish functioning marine habitat within a complex harbour environment.
Archipelago was contracted by the Fraser River Pile and Dredge on behalf of Public Services and Procurement Canada to provide environmental monitoring services during the South Jetty Reconstruction project at the Esquimalt Graving Dock in the Greater Victoria area.
Archipelago was involved in three rigorous survey programs: an Ecosystem Health Assessment, Long Term Monitoring Program, and Biodiversity Monitoring and Assessment Program (BMAP). The Ecosystem Health Assessment was developed to use biological indicators to benchmark the health of the local marine ecosystem prior to development. The Long-Term Monitoring Program centered on the collection and analysis of synoptic water, sediment, and biota quality data in Bish Cove, Emsley Cove (as a reference site), Kitimat Arm, and two nearby creeks.
Archipelago conducted the marine environmental assessment for the Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project, evaluating habitats, seabed conditions, and environmental interactions to inform pipeline design, mitigation measures, and stakeholder engagement.
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