Climate Action Technician; Wildsight’s Youth Climate Corps
During my third Co-op Term, I have been working with Wildsight’s Youth Climate Corps as a Climate Action Technician.
This term I have been working on a Wildfire Risk Reduction Project in the Kimberley Nature park In Kimberley, BC. This project entails the thinning and clearing of fir, spruce and larch regeneration. The goal is to reduce the risk of having a high intensity fire in city limits.
The site we are working on is also an important habitat area of the endangered Williamson’s sapsucker, so we are also trying to reduce the risk of a fire destroying the important habitat for this bird.
This Co-op term has taught me many new skills like how to properly and safely operate a chainsaw, something I never thought I would learn!