August 11, 2013 1:12 pm
Another week has gone by, with only two more weeks remaining in my internship. This week I worked with Kyle Waterman the entire week, I helped him with his roads projects as well as him helping me with the pine beetle baiting program. It was a pretty typical week, other than Kyle finding a moose antler! I was glad he found it because I drove past it right before he found it (doh).
August 4, 2013 1:16 pm
I took this photo while checking beetle traps on Friday, when I noticed a curious deer following me. I can’t say I mind this stalker.
August 1, 2013 1:13 pm
It feels like yesterday that I entered my first blog post, but it has been a month since then! So much has happened, and I can finally feel the summer winding down and my brain getting into school mode as that time approaches. The past week, I have been checking the pine beetle traps and working on culvert inspections –
July 28, 2013 1:40 pm
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 25, 2013 1:40 pm
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
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 17, 2013 1:20 pm
Hello readers! It has been a few days now since I have updated my blog — my internship is keeping me busy! Recently, I have been working with the silviculture group, assessing tree-planting blocks. We check for various planting errors, as well as the density of plantings in an area. I enjoy working in the blocks at Tom Hill, as there is nice scenery,
July 11, 2013 10:35 am
It has been over a month now that I have been on the Helitack crew, with each day bringing new experiences! As a member of Millar Western’s Helitack crew, I am responsible for forest fire protection of company interests, as well as many other side projects, giving me a very broad exposure of the forestry industry. My first day was certainly my most memorable to date.
July 2, 2013 10:33 am
My name is Connor Vale, and I am excited to now be a Green Dream Intern as well as part of the Millar Western team! My home is in Bowmanville, Ontario, and I am currently a student, studying toward a Bsc in Forestry at the University of British Columbia. My experiences thus far at Millar Western have been amazing, and I am very happy to accomplish what I had originally set out to do.