Profile: Peter Crawford - Grande Prairie District

Peter Crawford joined the Canadian Armed Forces at age 18 and served as a marine engineer mechanic aboard HMCS Annapolis for three years. He was temporarily deployed to HMCS Nipigon in 1985 and served with the N.A.T.O alliance as part of the Standing Naval Force Atlantic.

After leaving the military Peter enrolled in the Renewable Resources Technology program at Selkirk College in Castlegar, British Columbia and received a diploma in Wildland Recreation in 1993.

For the next couple of years Peter worked as a forestry technician and as a wildlife technician throughout southern British Columbia and on Vancouver Island.

In 1995 Peter moved to Terrace, BC and worked seasonally as an Auxiliary Park Ranger for the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks in the Skeena District where he patrolled several coastal and backcountry areas of north western British Columbia such as the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, the Kitlope Heritage Conservancy and Nisgaa Memorial Lava Beds Provincial Park.

Peter studied natural resources management at the University of Northern BC in Prince George and attained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Wildlife Management in 2002.

Peter then worked as an Auxiliary Park Ranger for the British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection in the Omineca Region of northern BC where he patrolled several front country and backcountry protected areas such as Sugarbowl-Grizzly Den Provincial Park and Kakwa Provincial Park.

Peter was hired by Alberta Community Development in May of 2004 as a temporary salaried employee and worked as a Conservation Officer 1 in the East Central Area patrolling protected areas such as Miquelon Lake Provincial Park and Cooking Lake – Blackfoot Grazing, Wildlife and Provincial Recreation Area.

Peter moved to the North West Area in May of 2005 and is presently working as a Conservation Officer 2 in the Grande Prairie District patrolling areas such as Saskatoon Island Provincial Park, Young’s Point Provincial Park and Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park.

Peter and his family currently live in the Grande Prairie area and have become quite accustomed to the northern living. Peter has become involved in the Seasonal Hiring committee and has just been accepted as the Northwest Rep as the Problem Wildlife Specialist (congrats Pete)