Emily Coleman

Project Officer - Mink Eradication for Waterlife Recovery East 

Together with Vince Lea, Emily coordinates the CRT-led, county-wide mink trapping operation across Cambridgeshire for Waterlife Recovery East. This regional mink eradication programme forms part of the broader scheme of the Waterlife Recovery Trust, aiming for the complete removal of American mink (a highly invasive and destructive non-native species) from all of Great Britain (https://www.waterliferecoverytrust.org.uk/).

Emily has always been passionate about the environment and conservation. After getting her degree in Ecology from the University of East Anglia, she accepted a six-month voluntary position with the Zoological Society of London, conducting field research in Ghana to feed into the development of sustainable wildlife management indicators for integration into timber certification standards. Following this, she worked with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) for almost a decade, firstly in Membership and Development, later in Research Support. For the latter, she oversaw project management processes (from inception/tendering to reporting and evaluation) for work ranging from small consultancy contracts to large-scale research projects. She has also worked as a field surveyor for an ecological consultancy, carrying out surveys for various protected species, but particularly for bats, reptiles and dormice.

“I am delighted to now be with the CRT and the mink project, in a role through which I can make a truly significant contribution to wildlife conservation in the UK. It can be challenging and takes a lot of dedication, but it’s just brilliant to see what our efforts are achieving for the recovery of our native wildlife!”

Outside of work, Emily’s interests are also largely nature-based; she enjoys visiting nature reserves, walking anywhere in the countryside and volunteering work with other conservation projects, including with Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC)’s pool frog recovery project and as a Toads on Roads patroller with Froglife.

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