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If someone would have asked me what I would be doing during my work term for Tolko, writing blog posts on the side would not have been anywhere close to the top 100 things I would have thought of. Even though this internship was very unexpected, working with FPAC and Tolko to create these blog posts has been a wonderful experience.

There are many things which have made my work term at Tolko very enjoyable, and to summarize them I have used the six core values at Tolko to explain my favorite parts.

his would be my life for the next four months while I worked as a forestry intern for Weyerhaeuser Timberlands. It was a drastic change for me, but one I was ready for.

When you start your first job in forestry, there is a lot of preparation required: the first cardinal point of advice is to buy good work boots and wear them in before you start.

When I'm not spending my days learning how to plan for a harvest, helping to maintain roads, or assisting my supervisor Peggy with silviculture projects, I spend a lot of time working on my families' farm.

I had always been fascinated with the large trees that surrounded me and had always been my place of comfort. I grew up playing in forests, catching frogs in ponds, and snakes in the bush. I had always had a connection to the forest and realised from an early age that being amongst the trees made me happy.

I work at Alberta Newsprint Company as an Engineering intern where I work alongside a few other engineers completing small projects, assisting them in larger projects, and producing drawings with cad software.

This summer I get the privilege to learn about the different roles and responsibilities at our plant and how HR supports the operation in finding success.

My role at Tolko has made me realize that there are opportunities for jobs that you might not have thought to exist but are very important jobs. I would like to share some of them with you.

My name is Emma Schlosser and throughout the duration of the summer I will be bringing some insight from the perspective of an Alberta girl living and working in forestry.