Work Experience

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professional Experience:

2004–2018     Curator and Collections Manager, Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre (PRPRC), Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.

• As Curator I was responsible for developing, fundraising, and implementing large-scale paleontology field expeditions in remote localities, advising industrial and governing bodies on best practices for fossil heritage resource management, management of PRPRC personnel, public outreach, development of educational programming curricula, interpretive display design.
• As Collections Manager I was responsible for managing fossil heritage archives of the PRPRC, including the development of collections policies and procedures and best practices, training technical staff in fossil heritage conservation best practices, archival data, and metadata management, physical storage requirements, managing specimen donations.

Education:

2016          Ph.D., Systematics and Evolution Research Interest Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.

2009          M.Sc., Systematics and Evolution Research Interest Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.

2002          B.Sc., (Distinction) Department of Geology & Geophysics, and Department of Zoology University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin.

Consulting Experience:

Sep 2012             Palaeontology consultant (dinosaur tracks) for Woodside Energy, Broome area, Western Australia.

Aug 2005             Palaeontological survey of fossil heritage resources (dinosaur tracks) of Kakwa Provincial Park for British Columbia Parks Land Management.

Jun–Aug 2003     Excavation Coordinator, Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation Dinosaur Dig. Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.

Permits Issued:

2009–2026          Wildlife Act Permit FJ16-224021, Wildlife Salvage Permit; for building and maintaining extant osteology of Peace Region fauna.

Paleontological Resource Conservation:

2016–2021          Contributor with Dr. Richard T. McCrea for designation of protective status for two track sites in the Gething Formation of British Columbia.

Paleontological Assessments and Reports:

2016          McCrea RT, Buckley LG. An overview of the palaeontological potential of the proposed Moose Lake Wind Project Area (NTS 93P5 &6), 12p.

2006          McCrea RT, Buckley LG. Research on the fossil vertebrate track site in Kakwa Provincial Park (August 5–30, 2006. Unpublished report for B.C. Parks, December 7, 2006, 19p.

2005          McCrea RT, Buckley LG. Preliminary palaeontological survey of vertebrate tracks and other fossils from Kakwa Provincial Park (NTS 93I/01). Unpublished report for B.C. Parks, November 11, 2005, 16p.

Paleontological Advisement:

2009          Reviewer, B.C. Fossil Management Framework for the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Land.

2005          Contributor with Richard T. McCrea to guidance for the B.C. government’s ‘Fossil Management Framework’, towards legislation for B.C. fossils and fossil sites.