Dr. Owens and Dr. Petticrew - Joint Recipients of the 2025 CUFA BC Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award
Oct 21, 2025

Dr. Owens and Dr. Petticrew, the Forest Renewal BC Endowed Research Co-Chairs in Landscape Ecology at the University of Northern British Columbia, are joint recipients of the 2025 CUFA BC Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award. They are honored for their lifelong contributions to environmental conservation and management. Over the past three decades, their research has significantly shaped environmental policies in BC and beyond. One of their most impactful projects involved a decade-long study into the aquatic and environmental effects of the 2014 Mount Polley Mine disaster, Canada’s largest mining catastrophe. Their interdisciplinary research contributed to the submission of formal charges under the federal Fisheries Act.  You can watch their interview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGJ8Ar2WFwY&list=PLW1Nw2bEMn84zVb3tVX1ZbQep6_C6aJJh 

Original post on CUFA BC’s website:  https://cufa.bc.ca/celebrating-30-years-of-academic-excellence/