Odonata

Odonata is an environmental consultancy specializing in environmental planning, vegetation ecology, wetland assessments, and regulatory support for projects across industries and western Canada

Odonata originated in 2016 and is now recently incorporated.

Vegetation Ecologist

Director, Jenalee Mischkolz, holds a B.Sc. in Biology, a M.Sc. in Ecology, and is a Professional Biologist (AB and BC) with over 15 years' experience in the environmental field in western Canada. She has a specialty in vegetation and wetlands assessments, reporting, and regulatory applications. and a love of collaborating and mentoring.

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Project Manager and Environmental Planner

I am an effective communicator, and enjoy connecting multidisciplinary teams to manage timeline, costs, footprint, activities, and mitigation commitments.

Through coordinating and collaborating with diverse teams of subject matter experts, I work to enable regulatory compliance and integrated application packages meeting the highest standards of due diligence.

Vegetation and Wetland Lead

I provide technical expertise as a vegetation and wetlands discipline lead in a consulting environment, undertaking project management, field program design and implementation, field data management and analysis, and authorship of technical reports (including Wetland Authenticator in Alberta).

Regulatory and Permitting Advisor

I am familiar with provincial guidance and regulation, including experience preparing:

- Conservation and Reclamation Reports;

- Environmental Evaluations;

- Environmental Protection Plans;

- Environmental Alignment Sheets;

- Water Act submissions including wetland assessments in accordance with the Alberta Wetland Policy (i.e., WAIFs, WAIRs, CoPs),

- Groundwater disturbance applications, and reservoir applications;

- Waste storage applications; and

- Enhanced Approval Process applications

TEM and Effects Assessments

I enjoy the challenge of integrating baseline results into effects assessments through identification of pathways of potential effects, pragmatic best practice mitigation measures and monitoring programs, characterization of residual effects. I have experience with terrestrial ecosystem mapping and quantitative analysis for the vegetation valued component of effects assessments.

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Wetland Assessments

▪ Wetland Assessment and Water Act Applications, AB.

Regulatory and environmental lead for numerous desktop and field assessments for vegetation and wetland assessments, reporting, and provincial regulatory submissions (e.g., Wetland Assessment and Impact Reports [WAIRs], forms [WAIFs], Code of Practice [COPs] (2016–present).

Transmission Lines, Pipelines, and Oil and Gas Infrastructure

▪ Transmission Lines, BC

Vegetation ecologist involved in vegetation baseline reporting and led the vegetation effects assessment for confidential transmission lines. (2024-2025).

▪ Water and Waste Storage Applications, AB and BC

Regulatory and environmental lead for several reservoir projects including siting evaluations, field assessments, reporting, and regulatory applications (waste storage application, wetland application, dam safety review application, construction permits) and construction support (2018–2021).

▪ Vantage Pipeline Canada, Pembina – Vantage Pipeline Project, SK.

Provided project coordination for Post-Construction Environmental Monitoring (PCEM), as well as conducted wetland and rare plant monitoring of a National Energy Board (NEB)-regulated pipeline project. Coordinated and assisted with preparing Year 1 and Year 3 PCEM reporting for the NEB. (2016–2017).

▪ Pipeline Projects, AB.

Provided project coordination, led crews for vegetation and wetland field assessments, and supported reporting for several pipelines Conservation and Reclamation (C&R) Plans, Environmental Protection Plans (EPPs), and alignment sheets, and a provincial Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) hearing support for Pembina Pipeline. (2014–2016).

▪ Aztec Engineering Inc – Construction Support, AB.

Jenalee prepared an environmental protection plan for pipeline construction in Alberta. (2023)

Renewable Energy

▪ Northern Valley, AB.

Lead author on the Environmental Evaluation prepared for the wind power project’s submission to the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC), including multi-discipline concordance for Northern Valley Wind Limited Partnership. (2023).

▪ Buffalo Atlee Wind Farm, AB.

Led the pre-construction native grassland assessments in the Dry Mixedgrass Natural Subregion of southeastern Alberta following the Conservation Assessments in Native Grassland and the Range Health Assessment for Grassland, Forest and Tame Pasture protocols for Capstone Infrastructure Corporation. (2023).

▪ Wild Rose 2 Wind Project, AB.

Supported wetland assessments and WAIR preparation as well AUC hearing preparation and support. (2022).

▪ McCain Coaldale Wind Farm Project, AB.

Jenalee led pre-disturbance wetland, vegetation, and soil field surveys for the Proposed McCain Coaldale Wind Farm Project. (2021)

Mining

▪ CTI Plus Resources Ltd.– Rocky Creek Project, BC

Completed 3D Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) and led TEM field assessments to support a mine application. (2024-present).

▪ Block Cave, BC

Prepared a TEM vegetation baseline update and effects assessment for an expansion to the Red Chris Mine Project, supporting set up, coordination, mapping, reporting, and Effects Assessment (EA) regulator review support for Newcrest Red Chris Mining Limited. (2024-2025).

▪ Deh Tai LP – Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal Project, BC.

Authored the baseline vegetation report, which includes Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM), in support of the project. (2023)

▪ Silvertip Mine, BC.

Conducted a review of legacy data, coordinated and supported data collection and reporting for an Joint Mines Act / Environmental Management Act Permits Amendment Application (JMAEMA) amendment application, including Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) update and pre-disturbance field investigations for Coeur Mining Inc. (2021–2023).

Municipal, Industrial, Transportation, Parks and Recreation

▪ Cando Sturgeon West Railyard, AB.

Project lead for wetland assessment and WAIR, and biophysical reporting to support the federal and provincial applications. (2023–2025).

▪ Aggregate Pits , AB.

Project manager, lead environmental specialist, and regulatory liaison for multiple clients aggregate sites including biophysical assessments, environmental risk assessments, and wetland assessments, Water Act and Public Lands Act applications. (2021–2025).

▪ Highway Upgrades, AB.

Led the regulator liaison and preparation of WAIRs and Water Act applications, and Environmental Risk Assessments for proposed highway repairs projects across AB including incidental wetland disturbance during construction. (2017–2018, 2021–2025).