July 28, 2013 1:40 pm Leave your thoughts
This past week has been an interesting one! Kyle and I center lined two roads, which were by far the toughest we have done so far, requiring us to travel through dense brush and swamps. At the end of the day, we felt we had really accomplished something and were able to see the results of our work on GPS.
July 26, 2013 5:57 pm Leave your thoughts
Tolko takes co-ops and interns seriously. This isn’t your father’s forestry.
Working in human resources, I realize that the numbers don’t lie: forestry’s aging workforce is an unavoidable challenge for the industry for the next decade.
Luckily, Tolko has taken notice of the issue. An era of increased retirements has come to stay. In response, Tolko has overhauled its approach in recruiting youth and students,
July 25, 2013 1:40 pm Leave your thoughts
While doing culvert inspections, Kyle and I saw some cool forestry machines,
so we had to go over and check them out. Here I am standing beside a feller buncher.
July 23, 2013 1:40 pm Leave your thoughts
Hello again. It feels like summer is almost over, with only about one month left of the internship! Where does the time go?
I have spent the majority of this past week with Kyle Waterman, another intern, doing culvert inspections and center lining roads. Last Friday, we ran into some heavy rain in our adventure to find a road.
July 23, 2013 12:12 pm Leave your thoughts
So these past two weekends have been full of excitement. I started my first weekend by going to a rodeo that I talked about in my earlier blog. I had never been to a rodeo before, and I was looking forward all week to going to this one. It involved many different competitions, with participants from all ages. But my two favorite competitions were the bull take-down and the bucking competition,