Randy Hallock was raised in a small farming community in Alberta, where he gathered the experience that makes him so valuable to the preserve. Our longest serving staff member, he answered the call of the preserve 25 years ago. Since then, he has been dedicated to the smooth operation of the Preserve and the well-being of the animals that call it home. Randy's long term experience and dedication make him the backbone of the Preserve's operations.

867-335-3130
randy@yukonwildlife.ca

Neil is an interpreter and biologist who has worked in wildlife rehabilitation, interpretation, and education. He joined the team in early 2023 from Vancouver. In his spare time he teaches first aid and grows far more plants than he has space for at home.

Brittney joined the Wildlife preserve in the summer of 2023. Growing up on Northern Vancouver Island, surrounded by the temperate rainforest, nature and animals have always been a part of her life. It exploded into a passion, when she started her dog walking business in 2017 and she began spending 6-7 days a week in the forest, rain or shine! This sparked an even deeper appreciation for the cyclical nature of the land and how all of the plants & animals work together symbiotically. She is forever ‘that girl’ on the hike, pointing out different rocks and plants, explaining their origin or what they could be used for medicinally. Brittney and her dog Cedar relocated to the Yukon to help care for 31 sled dogs. She is so excited to expand her local knowledge as a part of the Preserve team.

Jan joined the team August 2020.  After falling in love with the Yukon’s wilderness during a working holiday year in 2012, he went back to his home country Germany to get a degree as a poultry specialist. In 2018, his knowledge and passion for working with animals led him back to the Yukon where he worked at local farms and gained experience working with horses, cows and sheep. Jan is passionate about caring for the animals – big and small and especially enjoys being a part of the journey for those animals that come through the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre be released back into the wild.

You can find Jan around the Preserve on the weekends. During the week he spends his time with his family, his partner and their two kids, a boy and a girl while he takes Parental Leave. August 2022 he took on full-time work with the Preserve. Summer 2023, look for Jan helping in Outdoor Operations.

Ensio joined the team at the preserve in 2019, and worked there for 2 years before leaving to pursue his commercial pilots licence. He is happy to be back in 2022 as an Outdoor Operations Assistant. 

Ensio was born in raised in Whitehorse and was home schooled in Mt. Lorne. As a teenager he had a strong interest in wilderness, photography, and obtaining his private pilots licence. Some of his hobbies include computers, wood working, electrical, mechanics as well as film photography. He loves fixing things that are broken!

He spent a lot of time growing up with his family in the outdoors. They would often go on kayaking and canoeing trips, as well as hunting trips. Ensio also spent a lot of time caring for farm animals such as chickens and ducks.

Johanne joined the Wildlife Preserve in the Fall of 2014 as a wildlife Interpreter in the winter. In the summer she is a visitor attendant at Kluane National Park and Reserve. Passionate about the outdoors, she has spent a lot of her time learning about the ways of the land throughout the Yukon in the 40 years + she has lived in the territory. A cabin dweller at heart, she now enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience with visitors from all over the world who come to visit the Wildlife Preserve.

Having joined the team in early 2022, Seth is a passionate educator and interpreter committed to making both learning and nature accessible (and fun!) to anyone that walks through our gates. You can find him on skis in the winter, in a canoe during the summers, and playing year-round with his three stinky dogs. 

Seamus Marler is a horticulture technician from the Niagara Escarpment in southern Ontario. They are pursuing an education in ecosystem restoration and conservation and joined the Preserve’s team in Spring 2023. 

Melissa is excited to be a part of the Yukon Wildlife Preserve team this year. She was born and raised in the Yukon but has spent the last chunk of her life in B.C. living on a sailboat with her partner Eric in hopes to go on a big trip one day. She is currently studying Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. She has lots of past experience with bird rehabilitation and is grateful to have the opportunity to learn more about Yukon mammals for the 2023 Summer as an Animal Care Technician.