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My last post

August 27, 2020 4:54 pm Published by 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 !

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Working in the Bush – How to be safe and how to be prepared for anything

August 25, 2020 11:08 am Published by 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,

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Don’t Blink or You’ll Miss It

August 25, 2020 11:06 am Published by 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.

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Sheep Grazing and Forestry

August 25, 2020 10:58 am Published by 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.

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The places you can go: two different forestry careers

August 25, 2020 10:52 am Published by 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,

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Why Work in the North: My Final Blog of 2020

August 25, 2020 10:49 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Somehow the summer is already approaching its end.  The past few weeks of August spent doing research, interpreting cutover boundaries on the 3D station, clearing haul roads of fallen trees and more have gone by very fast.  Despite the unique circumstances of the summer I have had the opportunity to learn a lot this season.  Sadly, the 2020 Green Dream blogging season is also nearing its end. 

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Last, but not least…

August 25, 2020 10:46 am Published by 3 Comments

As my summer work with Tolko begins to wind down, so too does my blogging internship with FPAC. Fall is in the air and I am getting ready to head back to the University of Regina in September. Thankfully, fall is my favourite time of year because it means hunting season has arrived. For my final blog post, I’d like to reflect on the summer’s highlights and the things I learned on the job this field season.

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Tree Industry Learnin’

August 19, 2020 1:54 pm Published by 1 Comment

With the summer coming to an end, the last blog of the summer is also among us. It’s been a lot more fun than I imagined it would be. To close out my last entry of the year, I’m going to talk about what I’ve accomplished and what I’m doing to prepare for the fall. For those of you that don’t know,

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Overview and Recap

August 17, 2020 12:18 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

For my final entry in the Green Dream Blog, I would like to give an overall summation of my summer in Grande Prairie, as well as fill you in with some of the other odds and ends that I was able to participate in this work season.

As another summer work season quickly approaches the end, it is difficult to look back and feel as though I participated in as many tasks as I had hoped.

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Green Dream Blog #4

August 13, 2020 2:02 pm Published by 1 Comment

Hello readers,

For this blog post, I am going to talk about the specific reasons why I enjoy working in the Tolko Woodlands division of the forest industry. 

Most woodlands divisions are similar with one goal in mind. It is their responsibility to manage the forest and to supply the mills with enough wood to keep them running efficiently.

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Blog 3

August 12, 2020 5:01 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Mes salutations à tous,

Pour ce troisième blog, j’avais envie de partager avec vous le travail que j’effectue au sein de l’usine d’EACOM Sullivan et les produis que l’on offre à notre clientèle. Premièrement, EACOM Sullivan fait partie de la grande famille des EACOM Timber Corporation qui compte au total 10 établissements, dont 7 scieries, 3 bureaux et plus de 1100 employées répartis à travers le Québec et le nord de l’Ontario.

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The expression “dream internship” takes on its full meaning

August 10, 2020 2:23 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Hi everyone,

For my fourth blog post, I’d like to share my daily life during the past four months at Resolute Forest Products. When I say that the expression “dream internship” has taken on its full meaning, it’s because I couldn’t have dreamed of a better internship. As a Human Resources Intern, I’ve had the opportunity to touch on all aspects of the profession;

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Hot Spots of Meadow Lake

August 10, 2020 11:25 am Published by 1 Comment

Welcome back to the best blogging experience to ever grace the earth since that one time in grade 5 when I blogged for marks. Today I want to highlight the best parts of the small community I like to call Meadow Lake. If any of you travelers end up in Meadow Lake, I’d recommend checking these places out for yourself.

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Surveying in the Summertime

August 10, 2020 11:22 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Like I mentioned in my previous blog post, most of my work this summer has been surveying. I have been working nonstop on Weyerhaeuser’s stocking survey programs, pre-herbicide assessments, and sheep grazing data collection projects. I’ve been working on a lot of the data management from these projects, and I have also been doing a lot of the plots myself.

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A Day in The Life of Jace Timmer

August 10, 2020 11:17 am Published by 4 Comments

Hey readers,

Thank you all again for coming back to my blogging journey. I hope you are all enjoying them as much as I am enjoying making these for all of you. This blog is my second last blog. I was having a hard time thinking of another interesting but not repetitive topic to write this blog on.

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The Summer Flies By

August 6, 2020 2:57 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Wow less than a month left at my summer position here at Mercer Peace River.  Although I enjoy winter (30 degrees Celsius below zero beats 30 degrees above any day, in my opinion), and I am looking forward to my next semester of university, it is sad to see the summer and my time here go by so fast.  With every season that comes and goes,

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Log Quality Audits

August 4, 2020 11:50 am Published by Leave your thoughts

For my fourth post, I would like to share my experiences performing log quality audits throughout the month of July and continuing into August. 

When I accepted the position of Forest Operations Intern at Weyerhaeuser Grande Prairie, I expected to be spending much more time in active harvest blocks. It is part of the reason I was so eager to accept the job.

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7 things I wish I knew before coming to Canada

July 29, 2020 1:43 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers,

I hope you are all safe and healthy.

In this post, I would like to share with you more details about my experience as an international student. This post is specifically aimed toward newcomers to this beautiful country.

For those of you who missed my first post, I mentioned that this is my fourth year here in Canada and that I am originally from Morocco.

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Common Misconceptions of Forestry in Saskatchewan

July 27, 2020 10:50 am Published by 2 Comments

Hello readers,

For this blog post, I’d like to talk about the common misconceptions of forestry. Some of the things I mention will likely apply to forest sectors all over Canada, but I am going to speak specifically about forestry in my home province of Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan is well known for agriculture and mining, as well as oil and gas,

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My First Month Working with Tolko

July 23, 2020 12:06 pm Published by 1 Comment

Hello readers,

I would like to firstly re-affirm my gratitude to the Forest Products Association of Canada for providing me with the opportunity to be a 2020 Green Dream Blogger. It is an amazing opportunity that I am eager to take full advantage of. 

The first month has been nothing short of exciting and has been filled with formal and on the job training.

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Advice from a U of A student

July 23, 2020 12:03 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Well, I have to admit the time for my second blog has snuck up on me.  Even though I have been back in Peace River since March, the time is flying by. Since the summer going by fast means that September will creep up before we know it, I thoughtI would talk about some of my university experiences in the past two years and offer some advice for other people who are in their first years of university or are considering entering the field of environmental sciences. 

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The Importance of Lean Manufacturing

July 23, 2020 11:57 am Published by 5 Comments

Hey readers,

Welcome, and thank you all for coming back to my blog for another read. I will be taking you through the area of work that I am currently in and its importance.

When I came to Tolko at the beginning of May, a lot of life was uncertain. Due to the Covid-19 circumstances, I was feeling fortunate to be employed in and of itself,

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The uh Third One

July 21, 2020 12:11 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

In spirit of quarantine still active to some extent, and the fact that everything interesting in my life has been cancelled, today’s blog will be about my freetime. Specifically, what I have been doing for the past few weeks.

I’m not as big into the video game scene as I once was, but I still enjoy a good game every once and a while.

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The Future – what it takes to create it, and what it takes to destroy it

July 21, 2020 12:09 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Ah, the dreaded Generation Z. The group of 20-year old’s left to save what’s remaining of the planet. The ones who spend endless hours scrolling through Facebook and Instagram, frying our brains until no end. The ones responsible for removing all the plastic out of the ocean,the ones experiencing the repercussions of our ancestors, the ones who lack in life skills and the ones to stop climate change,

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Advice and Experiences from a Forestry Professional

July 21, 2020 12:01 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

For this third blog, I decided to interview my supervisor Peggy for some insight into what it’s like to work in forestry.  Peggy is the Silviculture and Tree Improvement Supervisor here at Mercer Peace River, where she works to regenerate harvested aspen stands using mainly “Leave for Natural” strategies because of aspen’s ability to regenerate through suckering.  Even so, there are tree planting,

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