Lisa Lasmanis - BSc

Lisa is an Aquatic Biologist specializing in fish and fish habitat assessment, and environmental planning and monitoring during construction. She has ten years of experience conducting habitat assessments and eight years working as an environmental monitor through her current role at Lotic, and through past employment with Triton Environmental, AMEC Earth and Environmental, and Nupqu Development Corporation.  

Lisa’s environmental monitoring experience includes developing environmental management plans (e.g., sediment and erosion control planning) and monitoring construction (including nesting surveys, water quality monitoring, fish and amphibian salvages). Environmental monitoring projects have included: 

• Bridge replacement projects in the Kootenay Boundary Region: Ministry of Forests (MoF) (e.g., Grey Creek, Wild Horse, and Flathead FSRs), Canfor (Elk, Sanca, Bloom and Caven FSRs), Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) (Lizard Creek Highway Bridge). 
• Municipal infrastructure upgrades: Fernie Maiden Lake Dike upgrade, Cranbrook Joseph Creek rehabilitation and wastewater lagoon upgrade, RDEK Hill Road dike upgrade. 
• Marina and sediment basin dredging: Fairmont and Cold Spring creeks (RDEK), and Indian Beach, Timber Ridge and Trethewey marinas. 
• Road and stream crossing works in Omineca and West Coast Regions: Highway 20 reconstruction and restoration (MoTI, Bella Coola), Expansion of Bish Creek FSR – KM LNG early works) 
• Hydro dam redevelopment (Aberfeldie upgrade). 

Lisa has conducted fish and fish habitat assessments for the Line Creek and Greenhills aquatic health monitoring programs. Sampling for these projects involved fish habitat surveys, fish population estimates, fish tissue collection, and water quality data collection. She also completed fish and fish habitat surveys to guide design development for the City of Fernie Mountview dike upgrade, City of Cranbrook lagoon berm upgrade, and the Cold Spring Creek debris flow mitigation project. Additionally, Lisa has conducted surface and groundwater monitoring for the City of Cranbrook wastewater treatment system monitoring project. Lisa has successfully completed specialized courses in soil bioengineering, erosion and sediment control and environmental monitoring for construction projects. 

Areas of Expertise 

• Environmental monitoring
• Water quality monitoring
• Environmental management plans
• Environmental Assessments – Baseline assessments and impacts assessment 
• Aquatic habitat assessments
• Federal and provincial permitting
• Technical report writing 
• Fish sampling via backpack electrofishing, mark-recapture, fish fence and trapping.