Forest Operations

Yueyue Zhong (Forest Operations)

October 20, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya

Summer Student – West Fraser

I have been working at West Fraser’s Blue Ridge Lumber mill as a Summer Student, assisting with a variety of tasks including spark watch, clean-up, painting, and providing support to different crews. Through this experience, I have learned valuable technical and safety skills such as lockout procedures, completing safety forms, using basic tools like grinders, and understanding mill operations.

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Felix Xie (Forest Operations)

March 24, 2025 | Author: emilyjun

TreeRing Lab and Field Assistant – The University of British Columbia

I have been working as a Lab and Field Assistant for the TreeRing lab at UBC, where I had the opportunity to delve into post-wildfire assessments. My role involved collecting wildfire-related data, such as examining surface sub-canopy vegetation, assessing surface fuels, and evaluating the health status of trees.

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Lorry Mackay (Forest Operations)

February 7, 2023 | Author: Forestry Co-op

Logistics Summer Student at Mosaic Forest Management in Nanaimo, BC My second summer with Mosaic has been unreal!  Recently, I’ve been writing a report on beaver berms.  In this photo I’m standing on a ‘beaver buster’, an innovative way Mosaic works with beavers in the area to ensure habitat is maintained as well as road […]

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Hannah Jay (Forest Operations)

July 29, 2022 | Author: Forestry Co-op

Park Worker at Metro Vancouver (Parks and Environment) in Vancouver, BC This summer I took the opportunity to work in Pacific Spirit Park as a Park Worker with Metro Vancouver in the Parks and Environment Department. As a park worker in the Operations unit, I contribute to completing daily operational tasks including vegetation management and […]

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