Mike Coulthard, Director & Senior Forester -RPF

Mike Coulthard is a founding partner of Diamond Head and a professional forester. He graduated from the Faculty of Forest Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and has worked in the fields of forestry and biology for the past 34 years across British Columbia. Mike initially worked in the forest industry, specializing in silviculture, forest health, wildfire risk management, and ecosystem inventories and mapping. He is now a director at Diamond Head, focusing on business development and providing senior-level expertise. He oversees municipal planning projects aimed at protecting and enhancing biodiversity and natural systems in urban environments. Mike has played a key role in developing and implementing numerous biodiversity strategies and green infrastructure networks. He provides senior-level advice for land development and infrastructure projects that require environmental impact assessments, permits and approvals, risk management, compensation and restoration. Mike has seen firsthand and promotes the positive effects that stewardship of our urban natural areas can have on our communities. Mike believes that our coastal ecosystem and the wildlife that rely on them are resilient and can be restored and integrated back into our urban environments with careful stewardship.