Mike Coulthard, Principal & Senior Forester/ Biologist - RPBio, RPF

Mike Coulthard is a founding partner of Diamond Head. He is a professional biologist and forester who graduated from the Faculty of Forest Sciences at UBC. Mike has been working in the fields of forestry and biology for the past 33 years throughout British Columbia. Initially, he worked in the forest industry where he specialized in silviculture, forest health, wildfire risk mitigation, and ecosystem inventories and mapping. In addition to his corporate responsibilities at Diamond Head, Mike oversees projects that focus on protecting and enhancing natural systems in the urban environment. He collaborates with private sector clients on development and infrastructure projects that require environmental impact assessments, permitting and approvals, risk management, compensation, restoration planning, and monitoring. His expertise includes streams and riparian systems, forest ecology, wildlife management, species at risk, invasive species, wildfire, and tree risk. Mike also works closely with the public sector, including cities, regional districts, and the Province, to manage risk and update environmental policies. He recently worked with numerous municipalities to develop biodiversity strategies and green infrastructure networks. Mike is committed to promoting the positive impacts that good stewardship of natural areas has on our communities.