Gerry has been very active in natural history activities for over 30 years. He was a founding director of the Federation of Alberta Naturalists and an executive member of the Bow Valley Naturalists from 1968 to 1996. He is currently the director for RDEK Area G. He has worked the past 35 years as a grounds supervisor for the Banff Center and upon retiring moved to the Edgewater to live and bird in an area he has grown to love, the Columbia Valley.