Mike Waters

Students in the Alberni Valley will return to McLean Mill for a series of activities to celebrate National Forestry Week. Ryan Price of BC Timber Sales says the program was paused during the pandemic. Price is one of several forestry professionals, including the South Island office of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, working together to bring the curriculum-based event to more than 250 Grade 5 students in School District 70. …Stations include tree and vegetation identification with Tsawak-qin, information on how karst and forestry work together from an NIC representative, salmon enhancement with the Port Alberni Hatchery, fish habitat with Reddfish, wildfire prevention and management from B.C. Wildfire Service and remote sensing and computer-aided work in forestry from Forsite. Professionals from Mosaic Forest Management company will talk about drone technology and how it is used in forestry.