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ABOUT US

Purpose, Vision, Values

Leadership

KHE’s team has been involved on a variety of provincially and federally regulated oil and gas projects across western Canada and has a proven track record of supporting our clients from initial planning and assessment through applications and permitting, construction, post-construction and operations. KHE’s construction and reclamation experience informs a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach to environmental assessment, planning and Project management
KHE takes pride in the Projects we are involved in and the work we do. Quality is a key component of all Projects from the desktop assessment and planning stage, through field components, and during reporting and deliverables preparation. KHE's commitment to quality, results-based approach to deliverables, and flexible, attentive service provision result in a high level of support that benefits our clients.
Our Senior staff each bring over 10 years of experience in environmental planning, pre-development assessment, regulatory applications, construction and reclamation; and we provide an approach that focuses on providing useful information and solutions to clients rather than only identifying issues. KHE draws upon the experiences of our staff and proven approaches to be able to support the full life cycle of projects from initial planning, through construction, operations and eventual reclamation.
Our People
Sarah Bigelow
Director
Environmental Inspector, Aquatic Ecologist (QAES)
Sarah Bigelow holds an M.Sc. in riparian ecology and has over 10 years’ experience in environmental inspection, post-construction monitoring, riparian health assessments, and preparing and implementing riparian and instream restoration projects on both provincially and federally regulated pipeline projects. Ms. Bigelow has experience completing multi-disciplinary field components through all phases of linear development projects including pre-construction field assessments, construction environmental inspection, and post-construction monitoring.
Christina Metke
Director
Vegetation Ecologist, Wetland Science Practitioner
Christina Metke is a vegetation ecologist and wetland science practitioner with over twelve years’ experience assessing and mitigating impacts to vegetation, rare plant and wetland resources. Ms. Metke has successfully managed many environmental projects, field programs and specialist teams for a variety of developments throughout western Canada, primarily related to the oil and gas industry. Ms. Metke is adept at assessing, mitigating and monitoring wetlands, rare plant and rare community occurrences, sensitive ecosystems and weed infestations, and has conducted environmental impact assessment and mitigation planning, construction environmental support and post-construction monitoring for many federally and provincially regulated projects. As a qualified wetland science practitioner in Alberta, Ms. Metke also assists clients in navigating Water Act applications and other project activities under the new Alberta Wetland Policy and Directives.
Jeff Quennelle
Senior Environmental Planner
Jeff Quennelle is a senior environmental planner with over eleven years’ experience working as an environmental consultant in western Canada. The experiences Mr. Quennelle has gained as a consultant include extensive field and office experience in project planning, routing and siting; reclamation; environmental monitoring; wildlife; forestry; regulatory liaison and application preparation; and project management. Mr. Quennelle has been involved in numerous federally and provincially regulated projects throughout western Canada, which has have allowed him to gain a thorough knowledge and understanding of the environmental, regulatory and industry expectations and requirements related to a variety of development types throughout the energy industry.
Jenalee Mischkolz
Vegetation Ecologist
Jenalee Mischkolz holds an M.Sc. in vegetation ecology and has over 3 years’ experience working as an environmental consultant in western Canada. The experiences Ms. Mischkolz has gained as a consultant include multi-disciplinary desktop reviews; rare plant monitoring, vegetation, wetland and weed surveys; and disciplines coordination for highly integrated regulatory applications. Recently, Ms. Mischkolz has utilized her data management background to co-develop a complex database management system for managing data for large environmental programs. This approach allows for systematic management of multi-year, multi-disciplinary, and multi-scale projects and enables a fully integrated, cohesive approach which is evident in the quality of KHE's deliverables.