About Us


As a small firm we believe that the key to our success is developing strong relationships with our clients. TouchStone Environmental's mission is to provide cost-effective environmental consulting services with client satisfaction being our number one goal.

Steve Gillanders, B.Sc., CEPIT

Steve Gillanders has been directly involved in the environmental industry since 1999 and has a broad range of experience including GIS analysis and map production, database management, GPS data collection, biophysical and wildlife field surveys, fish and fish habitat inventories, and the development of technical reports and training materials. He has over a decade of experience in the forest industry and has extensive field experience in coastal and interior British Columbia.

Steve is currently a graduate student in the UBC Department of Forest Resources Management doing an MSc focussed on the use of remote sensing imagery to monitor forest stand regeneration following mountain pine beetle infestation.