Crawford, Brian Donald

"I got into the field in 1975 when I volunteered to work as a field interpreter with the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority at the Gould Lake Conservation Area near Kingston ON. A week after I started, an employee working under Experience ’75 government employment programme quit - and I took over (and started getting paid.) My main job was to develop a self-guided interpretive trail and to provide a security presence on the site. My co-workers at Gould Lake were Wendy Earl and Gail Jackson.

In 1976-1977 I was a Seasonal Park Naturalist at Presgu’ile Provincial Park at Brighton ON. I prepared and presented park interpretive programs and provided information to park visitors.” In 1977-1980 he was the Program Coordinator for Education, Interpretation and Public Relations with the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority in Fonthill ON. “I coordinated conservation education, interpretive events and programs and assisted with public relations functions.” He was an Outdoor Education Naturalist 1980-81 with the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education in Cobourg ON. “I developed, taught, lead outdoor andenvironmental education activities for school children (grades 1-8) mostly from the Orono facility.” In 1981-1983 he was a Visitor Services Planner & Program Consultant with Alberta Recreation and Parks based in Edmonton AB. “I developed visitor services plans for several provincial parks and monitored development of visitor education and interpretation facilities and assisted with park visitor services program evaluation.” In 1983-1990 he was a Regional Visitor Services Supervisor & Specialist with Alberta Recreation & Parks, Provincial Parks Service at the Vulcan AB office. “I coordinnated visitor services programming (Including interpretation, environmental education, recreation, information/orientation) for provincial parks in southern Alberta. I delivered some personal programming for special events.

From 1990 to the present (1998) I was an indpenendent consultant planning, writing and arrranging the fabrication of a series of interpretive signs placed around the County of Vulcan. This was done under the auspices of the Science Alberta Foundation. I continue to consult, to teach in the public school sytem and to operate a small stock and assignment photography business."