August 27, 2020 4:54 pm Leave your thoughts
Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers,
I hope you are all doing well. I can’t believe how fast the summer went by, and I acknowledge that I say that about every summer Lol. As I was getting ready for my last semester at university, I received some great news: my internship is extended until the end of December !
August 25, 2020 11:08 am Leave your thoughts
I can’t believe its August and almost time to return back to online school. COVID-19 has really taken its toll on the world, and life has gotten some getting used to. In Ontario it is now mandatory to wear masks in all public places, and the amount of times I’ve had to run back to my truck to grab it after walking a mile to the door entrance is keeping me in good shape. COVID-19 has been taken extremely seriously at Resolute,
August 25, 2020 11:06 am 3 Comments
This blog is my last blog of the summer, and in preparation for this blog, I have allowed myself to reflect on the previous 4 months of work and the last 2 months of blogging. As my summer position at Tolko grinds down to a halt, and I pack my things to move back to Calgary for school, I wonder how the time can fly by so fast.
August 25, 2020 10:58 am Leave your thoughts
One of the projects I’m working on this summer is a sheep grazing pilot project. While grazing is sometimes used for brush control in other parts of the world, it doesn’t generally happen in Alberta. However, there isn’t a lot of data available to tell us why this is. So, we are trying to assess whether sheep grazing is an effective and practical way to control competition in young cut blocks in Weyerhaeuser’s forest management area.
August 25, 2020 10:52 am Leave your thoughts
One of the things I have really enjoyed this summer is working with the two people responsible for silviculture at Weyerhaeuser Grande Prairie. Tyler Niles and Jamie Miller have taken all the silviculture interns under their metaphorical wings and helped us develop skills that we will need in the future as foresters. Through talking with them both through the summer,