About me
Hi! My name is Kenzie Stevenson. I’m a BC based geospatial and conservation professional. Welcome to my portfolio.
I am currently completing the Master of Geomatics for Environmental Management program with the UBC Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Sustainability.
I’m particularly interested in using GIS to analyze data and support sustainable environmental decision making.
Current projects
I’m currently working on an analysis of cattle GPS locations to investigate cattle utilization of tenure land in collaboration with the BC Ministry of Forests Range Branch. I’ve generated summary statistics and am implementing a Resource Selection Function to determine which environmental variables (resources) influence cattle’s use across the landscape.
Throughout my experience in the MGEM program, I’ve developed many skills in geospatial data management and analysis. Some highlights have included habitat and terrain analyses, stream assessments, forest-based applications of LiDAR, and image-based remote sensing.
I’ve also thoroughly enjoyed developing my R, Python and SQL scripting skills, and working to produce robust and repeatable workflows. I’ve gained familiarity with many packages, including sf, terra, lidR, dplyr, ggplot, arcpy, numpy, matplotlib and rasterio.
Past work
In my professional life, I’ve worked for Parks Canada since 2019. I’ve worn many hats – starting in outreach, before moving into ecological monitoring, impact assessment, back to ecological monitoring, and most recently, human wildlife coexistence. Each role has provided new opportunities for me to explore a new facet of protected area management. A throughline in all my positions has been the interface between humans and wildlife in the natural environment – a topic rife with geospatial implications.
My interests
There is no shortage of topics I’d like to spend my career exploring, but here are a few of particular interest to me.
Topical
- Spatial ecology
- Supporting Indigenous-led conservation
- Habitat change
- Road ecology
- Human wildlife coexistence
- Parks and protected areas
- Recreation
Technical
- Habitat suitability and movement modelling
- Species at Risk assessment
- Applications of R in GIS
- Spatial statistics
- Science communication and story telling through maps
Outside of my technical and career pursuits, I love to spend my time hiking, biking, skiing, listening to podcasts, and trying to perfect my latte art (distinctly not one of my skills).
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