 If you had asked me when I was five years old what do you want to do when you grew up? I said raise baby animals to release them into the wild and that's been my goal my entire life. I've raised these owls since they were babies I've seen their first heartbeat so to finally see them out in the wild has been the most rewarding experience. The significance of the spotted owl release for our nation is a long time coming that's telling us that we're being heard that we're being respected and that helps us secure the rest of the ecosystem. When we started the program we were at a point where hope was almost lost and now we're at a turn point where hope is coming back. When we started the program in 2007 we had four owls. Over the last 15 years we've slowly increased the number of spotted owls to around 30 on site. To get here 15 years later it's a very exciting moment. It's an umbrella species so it's not just about the individual species it's about the entire ecosystem and habitat that it represents. We can do a lot of good and save a lot of other species by protecting spotted owl. The message that we can give to the next generations is that we can make change for our people for the nation for BC. Our young people they can someday take their kids and say look at see these owls I was here when they first started trying to rebuild them. I can go and find an owl out there that we've put in the wild and it's thriving and surviving on this landscape that's going to be the best moment ever.