Rita Winkler is a Canadian Research Hydrologist working at the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Winkler is a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) with over 35 years of experience in

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

, applied

hydrology Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is called a hydro ...

, and water-related research. Winkler was an adjunct professor at

Thompson Rivers University Thompson Rivers University (commonly referred to as TRU) is a Public university, public research university located in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The university's name comes from the two rivers which converge in Kamloops, the North Thomp ...

(formerly Cariboo College) and the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

Education

Winkler received a BSF in Forest Management from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1978, an MSc in Forest Hydrology from the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...

in 1980, and a PhD in Forest Hydrology from UBC in 2001. Winkler says ''

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'' inspired her to become involved with science. She also benefited from the science teacher she had during seventh grade.

Awards

Named Honorary Fellow from

Okanagan College Okanagan College is publicpost-secondary institution with multiple campuses spread across the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. The College was established in 1963 and grown to become one of the largest colleges in British Columbia ou ...

in 2016 for her work in forest hydrology.

Research

Upper Penticton Creek Watershed Experiment.

Selected Publications

* Changing forest water yields in response to climate warming: results from long-term experimental watershed sites across North America, in Global Change Biology * Diagnosing a distributed hydrologic model for two high-elevation forested catchments based on detailed stand- and basin-scale data, in Water Resources Research * Effects of forestry on summertime low flows and physical fish habitat in snowmelt-dominant headwater catchments on the Pacific Northwest, in Hydrological Processes

References

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