About Jim Rissling

Jim is a retired conservation officer with 31 years experience enforcing fish and wildlife legislation. An avid outdoorsman who enjoys the wonders of God's creation, Jim lives with his wife Annabelle in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

Background:

Jim grew up in Dawson Creek, BC, Canada. During his childhood and teenage years, Jim developed a fascination and deep appreciation for wildlife.

The son of a professional taxidermist, he cultivated a sense for the itricacies of shapes, sizes and colours in the wildlife kingdom. In 1990, Jim applied this gift to carving. He has crafted a variety of wildlife in wood and most recently soapstone.

Jim (far left) and friends with a 5 foot sturgeon.
This fish was caught, tagged and released unharmed
back into the Fraser River.

Awards:

Jim has won numerous awards in carving competitions with the Central Fraser Valley Carving Club and the Richmond Carving Club.

Associations:

Duck Unlimited. Over the past 20 years, Jim has supported the Chilliwack, Agassiz and Abbotsford chapters by donating carvings for their fundraisers. He has done commissions for corporate sponsors of Ducks Unlimited for the Chilliwack chapter fundraisers.

He also supports and donates to other organizations such as the Chilliwack Fish and Wildlife Protective Association, the BC Wildlife Federation, the Sport Fishing Defense Alliance, the BC Drift Fishers Association, the Fraser Valley Salmon Society, Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society, the Juvenile Diabetes Association, missionary fundraisers and others.