Baylie Sjodin, MA, FIT

Baylie is a Forest Ecologist with a Master’s degree in Environmental Practice, specializing in ecosystem management and sustainable development. Now registered as a Forester-in-Training (FIT) with the Forest Professionals of British Columbia, she brings a strong background in forest ecology, wildfire risk reduction, and landscape-level restoration. Her work spans diverse regions of BC, where she has contributed to projects involving Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM), GIS-based landscape planning, and ecological restoration.

Baylie’s strengths lie in integrating spatial analysis with field-based ecological assessments to support sustainable land management. She has experience in forest and grassland ecosystems, with a focus on wildfire ecology, forest encroachment, and habitat restoration. Her skill set includes tree and vegetation identification, Indigenous relations, and the development of technical reports that communicate complex ecological findings to a diverse range of audiences.

Outside of work, Baylie enjoys exploring BC’s backcountry through hiking, canoeing, skiing, fishing, hunting, and rock climbing, often collecting materials for her woodworking projects along the way.