John Chittick is a professional forester and an independent forestry consultant of 5 years with 24 years of prior forest engineering experience. Along with a B.Sc. in Forestry from the University of Alberta, he has expertise and experience in land use planning, forest and environmental certification, harvesting systems, project management and economics. He is certified as a Lead Environmental Management System Auditor and has been involved with the Forest Management Institute of BC as a former director and as Module leader and Instructor. He has been actively engaged in grass roots land use issues for many years including 9 years as a municipal Councillor for the town of Port McNeill.