July 26, 2019 11:21 am Leave your thoughts
Hello readers,
There has been a change of plans since I last checked in. My schedule has been changed a bit due to an alteration in the tree planting plans. As Tina, my supervisor, says silviculture is all about going with the flow so we shall see when I flow into the tree plant.
Instead,
July 26, 2019 11:15 am Leave your thoughts
Why was the tree stumped?
It couldn’t get to the root of the problem.
Hello reader – welcome to my fourth Green Dream Job Blog. In this instalment, I’m going to discuss how mobile data collection is changing field operations.
When I started working with Canfor, I was excited to learn that my department has a team devoted to the construction and deployment of mobile applications for data collection.
July 24, 2019 3:55 pm Leave your thoughts
By Arianna Loogman, July 23rd, 2019
I can’t believe that it’s already time for another blog, but I’m super excited to share this one! Every summer student watches as their four months off school race by, the work week goes by fast and the weekends even faster. You think that you will have free time,
July 23, 2019 2:37 pm Leave your thoughts
After completion of the Shuswap/Okanagan railway in 1892 the entirety of Armstrong was a lone box car, a home for the rail agent. One early settler remarked, “Apart from the box car there was just willows and swamp”. The Cariboo gold rush launched European settlement around Armstrong with Miners and Missionaries passing through on their way up North. Innovative farmers drained the swamplands and exposed fertile black soil ideal for vegetable production.
July 23, 2019 9:57 am Leave your thoughts
Look at the beauty I found! During my inspections I have to get off my quad to look for safe ways around berms, floods, or washouts. On the day this photo was taken, I walked a path around a flooded/beaver dammed area looking for access to the rest of the road. While I was unsuccessful in finding the road, I did find many giant champion trees in that area including this massive Balsam Poplar pictured above.