Though he is a wetland ecologist and wildlife biologist by training, the research portfolio he supervises is diverse encompassing projects that range from Trumpeter Swan recovery to Botswana ungulate ecology, oil sands reclamation to Lake Sturgeon habitat use, wetland policy to environmental education. He has recently accepted a 5-year posting as the Director of the Devonian Botanic Garden where he will continue his wetland plant research and help build the research and education programs at the Garden. In his presentation he will discuss the way that wetlands are valued (or not) for biophysical, ecological, economic and alternative land use reasons.