Michele started her study of eelgrass 5 years ago at the Brant Wildlife Festival and volunteered to help out. Little did she know that this region has some of the biggest eelgrass beds in the province, stretching several kilometers. Since then, each year Michele has been out mapping intertidally and subtidally and is almost complete. As Co-Chair for the Seagrass Conservation Working Group, she has had the opportunity to train other communities and share her excitement over this important plant.

Michele’s background is in business and parks management, but she has focused for many years on the environment in education, marketing and communications, and working with parks and the tourism industry.