When Northern Alberta Institute of Technology instructor Rodger DeChamplain first arrived at the Kidney Lake camp as a student in the fall of 1990, it was a rustic learning environment. Students dug trenches to keep their food cool and away from critters, because of the lack of electricity at the site for refrigerators. Thanks to a significant investment from West Fraser through the Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta, those are now a thing of the past. This summer, the camp, located 50 kilometres northwest of Whitecourt, underwent significant changes. Forest Technology students arrived in September to find modular lodging units, including 14 four-room bunkhouses, three classrooms and a food storage building. …Before the rebuild, students had to live in close quarters, with up to four people per cabin. Now, students now have their own 100-square-foot room, complete with a washroom and shower. …[Dean Dr. Agatha Ojimelukewe] hopes this change will help broaden interest in the program.