The University of British Columbia’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest (MKRF) is seeking two highly motivated UBC students (one undergraduate and one graduate) to assist research forest staff with a major urban forestry and arboretum development project. The MKRF is an outdoor living laboratory for research and education – and a public space used by local hikers and tour groups. The Faculty of Forestry and MKRF are currently planning to develop a new Welcome & Education Centre at the entrance to the forest. These plans include upgrades and restoration to several outdoor spaces, with an opportunity to integrate and showcase urban forestry practices and upgrade an existing arboretum collection of 50-year-old trees from around the world. Student research assistants will help create the content for and design the interpretive signs while also working with interested parties, such as the UBC Faculty of Forestry Urban Forestry Department, Diamondhead Consulting and the City of Maple Ridge to design new urban forestry demonstration spaces near the existing arboretum. The successful candidates will work closely with all staff members, including the manager, resident forester, research coordinator, education programming and administrative staff. By the end of the project, the student interns will have grappled with key questions like “how does one teach people about urban forests?” and integrated answers to these questions into classroom exercises for subsequent Field Schools.
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