Jeanette has a MSc in biology and spent her first years with the ministry as Zoologist with the Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre (SKCDC) and as a Species at Risk Ecologist. Since 2012 she has been involved in regulatory, policy and strategic planning as a Wildlife Ecologist in the Wildlife Unit with emphasis on captive wildlife. Jeanette has a lifelong interest in conservation and enjoys spending her free time in Saskatchewan’s great outdoors with her family.

As the data manager Andrea Benville guides the SKCDC’s information management process, resolves technical difficulties, and provides updates to the website. She loves all things maps and data! Andrea has a B.Sc. majoring in Zoology from the University of Guelph, and a post-graduate certificate from Fleming College in Geographic Information Systems as an application specialist.

Beryl has a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Saskatchewan. She has over twenty years of experience with plant and vegetation related work experiences in Saskatchewan and neighboring provinces. Beryl has worked in a variety of sectors (forestry, oil and gas, mining, research, conservation and government). Focusing primarily on rare plant identification she has worked in many areas of the Province including the Great Sand Hills, the Cypress Hills, the Northern Provincial Forest and the Souris River Valley.

As a SKCDC Zoologist, Erin manages information on Saskatchewan’s native wildlife species. She brings expertise on bats to the role through her MSc in Biology from the University of Regina, and a strong foundation in planning and impact assessment from her environmental consulting experience. Erin loves spending time outside in the many varied landscapes of Saskatchewan.

As a SKCDC zoologist, Sara manages incoming data, provides technical advice on wildlife species in the province, and helps with provincial species ranks. Sara has a MSc. in biology. Some of the experience and skills she brings to the team include working with birds in both behavioural and demographic studies, academic publication, and bat acoustics. She loves spending her free time outdoors (like everyone else here) with her kids and giant dog.

As the SKCDC Botanist, Beth manages information on the province’s many botanical species (1750+!). She completed her honors degree in Environmental Biology at the University of Saskatchewan in 2012, and she joins the SKCDC after a decade working as a botanist and project manager for an Indigenously owned consulting company. Her project management experience was often related to resource extraction industries, and Beth has had the chance to complete field work ranging from the Athabasca Sand Dunes and Uranium City down to Estevan, and everywhere in between. In her free time, you can often find Beth taking 'botany walks' (AKA lots of stopping to ID plants), reading, watching live-action dungeons and dragons shows (TTRPG nerds, unite!), playing hockey or skiing in the winter, and fostering kittens and cats through Saskatoon Street Cat Rescue.