Heather Murphy

As Director of Aquatic Resources Heather oversees and manages all aquatic disciplines and projects for the company. Throughout her career, Heather has accrued 14 years of experience in the aquatic and regulatory compliance sectors in consulting roles. Her experience includes freshwater aquatic consulting services across Canada but largely for NL Hydro, where she specialized in environmental compliance, GIS, constraints/risk analysis and permitting for the Labrador-Island Link. Heather was fully immersed in the Lower Churchill Project as a Permits and Environmental Coordinator. Being part of the Environment and Regulatory Compliance team on this massive project has provided her with valuable and broad project experience. 

She has also played key roles as an environmental assessment specialist, lead on stakeholder engagement and Fisheries Act authorizations in mining, exploration, renewable energy (hydro and wind) and LNG industries. Some of her experience includes working on environmental effects monitoring programs (from large mammals to benthic invertebrates), protection plans, environmental auditing, compliance monitoring, permits coordination, environmental risk assessments and more. 

Heather also has experience and training in ArcGIS and analysis of spatial data. Some of her project experience in includes caribou management, land use planning for the Nunatsiavut Government, Muskrat Falls environmental constraints analysis, CFB pesticide use programs, environmental assessment, and quarry planning for transmission projects. 

Heather is excited to continue to contribute to her discipline through field work, technical report writing and managing diverse teams.