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NATIONAL FOREST WEEK Forestry continues as the province's top industry Week is set aside every year to draw attention __ There's a very special week set aside to celebrate the importance of forests to Canadians. It's National Férest Week and no province celebrates it in better style than British Columbia What began modestly in the 1920s as Forest Fire Prevention Week, emphasizing prevention of wildfires, h&s ‘Forestry has been and continues to be the single most important industry in terms of jobs and wages, and in revenue generated for the province’ now grown to a national celebration that has achieved significant recognition. Today, National Forest Week ser Ves as a focus to encourage groups and individuals to par ticipate in a variety of events from tree-planting gatherings to forest walks, logging sports days and educational events In British Columbia forestry has been and continues to be the single most important industry in terms of jobs and wages, and in revenue generated for the province — in ad- dition to the priceless recreational and esthetic pleasures of our forests. In fact, in British Columbia more than 250,000 people rely on our forest economy National Forest Week provides an opportunity for expanding ‘awareness of how extremely important trees. and forests are to all of us. The intention is th... greater ap- preciation of the importance of our forests will in turn help bring support for improved management of this priceless resource. This national celebration is sponsored across Canada by the Canadian Forestry Association and regionally by its member provincial forestry associations in cooperation with many other agencies and individuals Additional funding for events and special information programs is also made available in British Columbia trom the Canada-British Columbia Forest Resource Develop- inent Agreement and from Forestry Canada In British Columbia, National Forest Week is celebrated all over the province with school programs, mall displays, parades, mill tours and special events with more than 100 communities participating. British Columbia even names a National Forest Week Capital and-every-year the competition gets tougher for the awarding of this Prestigious title. This year’s Forestry Capital is Lillooet which won the title from a strong list of candidates. 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PRICES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MAY 16, 1989 STORE HOURS: Monda - Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Thursday & Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Price Is Just The Beginning TALKING TREE . - “Douglas Fir” is one of the stors of a travelling mall display which educates children and adults on the f y og Forestry offers The variety of career opportunities in the forest in dustry is as diversified ds the kinds of trees that grow in our vast forests. 7 As the forest industry becomes more specialized, the need for trained workers continues to grow. Em ployment projections indicate that people with professional training in forestty, as well as skilled tradesmen and women will be in high demand. Employees in forestry can be grouped into three main occupational categories: protessional foresters, teclinicians and tradesmen or woodsworkers Professional foresters often work for the federal and provincial governments, ‘as well as private lorest companies in fields like silviculture, timber harvesting, forest protection and forest research. There are many occupations that come under the “technicians” category. Generally, people working in those jobs are involved in timber management, torest protection, logging operations and supervision, fish and wildlite management, parks management or forest research. Special training in fields such as ecology, en tomology, wildlife and general biology, to name a few of the relevant disciplines, would have the background education (o be qualitied for employment as technicians oF protessionals. The term “tradesmen,” or ‘woodsworker,"* com prises many occupations, including the legendary B.C lumberjack foreman, heavy equipment operator, cutter-tatter, tree planter, nufsery worker, trucker, scaler, lumber grader lypicat job classifications are woods and sawer many career choices. There are also opportunities in forestry and the forest industries for trained people in many general trades. These include carpenters, cartographers, cooks, darkroom technicians, drafismen and women, elec tricians, graphic artists, machinists, mechanics, millwrights, painters, plumbers, photographers, toolmakers and many more. Preparing for jobs in the forest sector can be ac complished in several ways. Formal education and training programs are available at six institutions in the province. The faculty of Forests-atthe University ol British Columbia in Vancouver offers four different forestry degrees, including a B.Sc.F. in forest source management or forest harvesting, and a B.Sc. in forest sciences or wood science and industry Prospective forestry professionals who have already obtained-a-bachelor of aris or science degree in another discipline can enrol in the Natural Resources Management program at Simon Fraser University. U his Program leads to a masters degree inj resources management, and usually has a large fordsiry com ponent Practical, field-oriented training directéd towards two-year technology diplomas can be earned at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Burnaby, the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, Malaspina College in Nanaimo’ and Setkirk College in Castlegar. Those schools offer programs in forest resource technology, fish, wildlife and recreation, wood products and wildland recreation technology BCI also presents other forestry related programs. Post-diploma certilicates in natural resour FRDA makes impact on forests There’s an agreement between the federal and provincial governments that is making a significant im pact onthe forests of British Columbia I's affectionately called FRDA by the thousands of British Columbians who have benefits directly from its programs, However, its full name is the Canada British Columbia Forest Resource Development Agreement. And it means that $300-million will be spent on B.C."s forests over the five-year term of the agreeinent which ends in 1990. In fact, this agreement is not unique to British Columbia. There are federal/provincial forest development agreements all across Canada — but B.C is benefitting far greater per capita than any other province. The only other province with an equal dollar commitment is Quebec In B.C., FRDA silviculture activities (surveying, rehabilitating sites, planting, brushing, juvenile spacing, and fertilizing) will be conducted on 1.2 million hectares of forest land. One hundred and seventy million seedlings will have been planted over the five years and an estimated 900,000 man-days of em ployment will have been created. funding of important new silvicultural research to help foresters solve technical problems ‘in replanting backlogged not satisfactorily restocked forest (NSR) lands."A newly released survey indicated an impressive 25 percent reduction in not satisfactorily restocked (NSR) forest land over the first three years of this unique agreement A significant aspect of the agreement has been the Nearly 10 percent of FRDA funds — $27 million — is designed for several hundred research and demon- stration projects. FRDA has funded a Forest Biotechnology Centre at the University of British Columbia. Another FRDA initiative is the new Surrey Seed Centre that holds a 10-year supply of seedlings for reforestation efforts in B.C Another significant tong-term benefit from FRDA is the creation of an estimated 500 forestry jobs. Inten- sive silvicultural practises carried out by FRIDA will result in increased timber yields in future decades, creating more jobs in forest management and in fogging operations, sawmills and pulp mills. cluding Selkirk College — offer training CHOICES Cc. — in many aspects of torestry which lead to various careers in the industry. TS Managment with general, nursery and vegetation management options are available. Students can also enrol in a forest crew person course dealing with stivicuture ora specrahzed short tree trimmer course tor people wanting to learn how to work around power lines and m arboriculture. In addition to these programs, some of these in stitutions also have a range of correspondence or sel! guided study courses. The Association of B.C Professional Foresters-sponsors-policy-coutses” for graduates in forestry who wish to become eligible for professional registration.