Lillooet Regional Invasive Species Society

Imagine yourself working in the mountains, along the mighty Fraser and along the Bridge River Valley trails. You are surrounded by nature, an awesome crew and interesting people. LRISS develops leaders at every level providing training to launch your career or springboard to it to new heights. You care about our communities, actively build relationships and want to conserve local ecosystems. You’ll be supported to be the best you can be and have fun doing it. We believe that happy employees are successful employees.

Be a force for good for our environment and in our communities.
• We value diversity.
• We act with integrity – we treat others as we would like to be treated.
• We are flexible. Even with seasonal work, we accommodate schedules for things that are important in life like appointments and family celebrations.
• We support contributions from everyone. Everyone has new ideas that can help our organization grow.
• We pursue excellence and the empowerment of people.

Company History

The Lillooet Regional Invasive Species Society is a not for profit that has been delivering our program since 2011. We have 3 main programs: Coordination & Partnerships, Field & Outreach-Education. We work with 30 community partners including the 6 northern St’át’imc communities. We have grown our programs to include contract staff that mechanically remove invasives throughout our region. Seasonal LRISS staff also conduct inventory & removal of infestations as well as outreach activities. In the past 3 years, we have conducted water sampling as part of the BC-wide efforts to prevent invasive mussels from establishing. LRISS posts on 5 social media channels as well as a website that contributes to our outreach & education program. This program endeavours to reach a very high diversity of people engaging in a variety of activities: gardening, boating, hiking, biking and camping, for example.

Company Facts

Incorporated as a not for profit in 2011. Board of Directors with 6 members. Executive Director is hired annually to implement operations. Based out of Lillooet, BC. Region includes communities of Pavilion, Gold Bridge, Bralorne, Seton & Shalath.