January 30, 2017

Get Some Wildlife Safety Traning

One of the best ways to learn about wildlife safety is to do a little training before you head to the wilderness. CompetencyMill.ca is an online […]
September 27, 2014

Dogs Save Silviculture Workers in Close Calls with Bears

Source: WSCA Two reports so far this year of workers’ dogs saving them from predatory bear attacks. Both incidents involved supervisors working alone or at a […]
December 20, 2009

The Bear Scare and Bad Leadership

By: Alex Peters One of the craziest stories I can recall from treeplanting draws from the advice and management of a terrible rookie crewboss. This story […]
July 18, 2009

Birthday Bear Fun

Submitted by: Rod Sears I decided to go with a couple friends to Ontario to try out planting. It was my second week of planting. May […]
September 15, 0200

Rude Awakening

Submitted by: Scott Chisholm It was about 4:30 AM and I was sleeping in my tent. I remember that I was dreaming about something fun, probably […]