oland is a retired tour operator and author of Exploring Wells Gray Park, first published in 1974 and now in its 7th edition. In 1986 he became founding president of The Friends of Wells Gray Park, a group recently reinstated by him and his wife Anne Neave after two decades of inactivity. In 2014, Roland and Anne donated 160 acres of wetlands to Thompson Rivers University in connection with the Wells Gray Education and Research Centre, while in 2023 they provided funding for the Wells Gray Park Interpretive Programme. Roland also briefly served with the Upper Clearwater Referral Group.