Rita Winkler

Rita Winkler is a Canadian Research Hydrologist working at the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Winkler is a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) with over 35 years of experience in forestry, applied hydrology, and water-related research. Winkler was an adjunct professor at Thompson Rivers University (formerly Cariboo College) and the University of British Columbia.

Winkler says Star Trek inspired her to become involved with science. She also benefited from the science teacher she had during seventh grade.

Awards Named Honorary Fellow from Okanagan College in 2016 for her work in forest hydrology.

Research Upper Penticton Creek Watershed Experiment.

Selected publications

Changing forest water yields in response to climate warming: results from long-term experimental watershed sites across North America, in Global Change Biology Diagnosing a distributed hydrologic model for two high-elevation forested catchments based on detailed stand- and basin-scale data, in Water Resources Research Effects of forestry on summertime low flows and physical fish habitat in snowmelt-dominant headwater catchments on the Pacific Northwest, in Hydrological Processes