July 17, 2018 9:52 am Leave your thoughts
Hello everyone! I wanted to take this blog to tell you a little bit about the adventures, the camping, and the road trips I’ve taken so far this summer.
In mid-June Brendan and I went on a spontaneous weekend camping trip with my sister and her husband. We drove out to Merritt (about an hour away from us) to a beautiful provincial park called Kentucky Alleyne Lake!
July 17, 2018 9:24 am 2 Comments
Hello all, and welcome to the third round of blog entries! For those of you who didn’t see, us Quesnel bloggers (Matthew, Alex and I) got interviewed for the local newspaper. If you didn’t see it afloat throughout Facebook (or you aren’t my grandparents who thought they needed eight billion copies), here is the link: https://www.quesnelobserver.com/community/forestry-summer-students-blog-about-quesnel-industry/
At the end of June,
July 17, 2018 9:14 am Leave your thoughts
In my last blog, I said this blog would cover the final stage of the manufacturing process. However, to give myself and my readers a break I decided to write about some of the recreational opportunities the Cariboo has to offer.
Quesnel, British Columbia was once the trade capital of the Cariboo Gold Rush. As gold became less and less abundant,
July 16, 2018 4:00 pm 3 Comments
Hello world, welcome back to my blog!
This week’s post is all about an exciting experience that I had when working in the field last week. It was something that wasn’t planned, and it required immediate attention. I’ll recapture my day for you.
It began in the early morning. I arrived at work, packed my truck with my gear,
July 16, 2018 3:23 pm 2 Comments
For those readers that may not be particularly literate in forestry practices and jargon, I thought I’d take a moment to fully explain what it is I do on a daily basis.
The main task myself and my current bush partner Doug have been assigned with is site plan (SP) data collection. At this point in time, the blocks we are working in have been layed out and a cutting permit has typically already been obtained.