Ian Barrett, M.Sc.

Ian Barrett, M.Sc., is a Biologist and joined Colville Consulting Inc. in 2012 as a Senior Project Manager. Ian has over 17 years of experience in both the private and public sectors. His experience includes implementing, reviewing, and managing a wide range of development and infrastructure-related projects as well as natural heritage monitoring and habitat creation projects. He has over 10 years of experience conducting and reviewing a wide variety of Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, and Natural Heritage Assessments prepared in support of residential commercial, and recreational developments, municipal infrastructure, pits and quarries, hydroelectricity projects, and green energy projects.  Ian has extensive working knowledge of environmental legislation and policies, including the Conservation Authorities Act, Planning Act, Public Lands Act, Drainage Act, Niagara Escarpment Act, Water Resources Act, Fisheries Act, Navigable Waters Protection Act, and Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.  Throughout his career, Ian has;

Reviewed or prepared over 150 EIS and EA documents;

  • Developed extensive knowledge of Land Use and Environmental Policies;

  • Developed and implemented fish habitat restoration and compensation plans for Fisheries Act approvals;

  • Conducted site supervision and inspections to ensure compliance with legislative requirements;

  • Developed sediment and erosion control plans using a variety of methods;

  • Developed tree savings plans in support of development applications; and

  • Been certified as an expert witness in aquatic biology, wetland ecology, and terrestrial biology during numerous trials in POA court, Hearings before the Niagara Escarpment Commission, and at the Ontario Mining and Lands Commissioner.   

Ian has completed the Ecological Land Classification for Southern Ontario and Ontario Wetland Evaluation System courses and has conducted ELC inventories and wetland evaluations throughout Southern Ontario.  Ian also has completed the Class 1 Electrofishing Certificate course, has instructed a college-level course in the use of various fish collection nets, and has conducted various aquatic inventories throughout Ontario.  In addition to extensive natural heritage monitoring, Ian has;

  • Designed and constructed naturalized channels, erosion control, and channel modification structures, fish passage structures, and various aquatic habitat features;

  • Performed statistical analyses to assess spatial usage, temporal population, and community changes in response to habitat alteration works;

  • Conducted radio telemetry and tagging studies of fish, turtles, mammals, and birds;

  • Conducted benthic invertebrate collections and assessments;

  • Conducted water and sediment quality analyses;

  • Designed and implemented wetland creation and restoration plans; and

  • Designed and implemented planting plans for habitat creation and restoration sites.