2002 Eastern Canadian Teachers' Tour Scrapbook

August 21-24, 2002

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Photos from the 2002 ECTT
At the teachers' tour opening night job fair, teachers learn to use GPS Teachers outside Tembec's Mill Teachers getting ready to board the bus after touring Tembec's Mill Teachers looking out over Tembec's Mill Teachers overlooking Tembec's Mill Group shot of teachers above Tembec's Mill Another group shot of Teachers' Tour participants near Tembec's Mill. Teachers outside the railroad museum in Temiscaming Teacher talks with Jim Lopez and Mayor Philippe Barette of Temiscaming George Bruemer, General Manager of FRP talks to teachers during lunch Teachers enjoy an elegant lunch in Temiscaming George B presents a lucky teacher with a CEC shirt Temiscaming Mayor attends lunch with the teachers tour participants Temiscaming Mayor explains the gifts bags given to teachers' tour participants Teachers enjoy their gift bags hand decorated by Temiscaming elementary students Teachers show off the presents from Temiscaming Temiscaming's Center where teachers' tour participants were treated to lunch on Thursday Teachers at McConnell Lake Teachers get ready for a tree planting activity A ranger explains the ins and outs of tree planting Ranger demonstrates some of the wrong ways to plant trees Teachers prepare to try their hand at tree planting A teachers' tour participant turned tree planter Teachers' tour participants discover tree planting is hard work Teachers tour participants at McConnell Lake Teachers get a helicopter safety briefing at McConnell Lake Teachers all got a ride in a Bell JetRanger helicopter Ron Talbot prepares teachers for their helicopter ride at McConnell Lake Teachers take an up-close look at the JetRanger helicopter they're going to ride Pilot Ron Talbot shows teacher how to use safety equipment on the Jet Ranger helicopter A CL 415 bomber demonstrates its firefighting abilities A CL-415 bomber caught in-flight A firefighting CL-415 bomber was on hand for teachers to view At McConnell Lake, teachers saw a comparative research study Teachers learn about shelterwood regeneration methods Teachers in McConnell Lake learning about forest regeneration Forester, Andrea explains competition studies to teachers Teachers looking for signs of natural regeneration in a white pine forest Teachers in a white pine shelterwood cut Teachers discovered natural regeneration in a white pine shelterwood cut Close-up of white pine regeneration White pine naturally regenerates from shelterwood trees Al Stinson of the Forestry Research Partnership talks about sustainable forestry to teachers Teachers listen to a discussion about sustainable forestry Wildlife biologist A forester talks to teachers about crown closure in forests Teachers get a chance to view a feller-buncher close-up Teachers observe a harvesting operation close-up Tembec sponsored helicopter rides for teachers' tour participants Close-up of the jet ranger helicopter in flight Happy teachers exit the helicopter after their ride The helicopter touches down at McConnell Lake after taking teachers for a flight Two happy teachers Feller Buncher machine provided by Hec Clouthier Another shot of the feller buncher Feller Buncher in action removing aspen Teachers watch a harvesting demonstration featuring a feller-buncher Teachres watch a feller-buncher being used to cut out aspen trees to make room for pine growth Bill Steer, Director of Education at CEC gives teachers an overview of Friday morning activities Teachers getting ready for Friday morning activities at the Canadian Ecology Center Teachers preparing for Friday's teachers' tour activities Teachers listen to Bill Steer Laura gives teachers a lesson in map reading Teachers learn how to interpret maps at the CEC Laura shows teachers a GPS receiver Teachers getting ready for hands-on activities at CEC Laura (center) teaches Teachers how to use GPS receivers Teachers getting a lesson in how to use GPS A close-up of a GPS receiver A forester demonstrates how lasers are used to measure tree height Forester shows teachers how to measure tree height using a laser A shot of Columbia Forest Products veneer plant Teachers explore Columbia Forest Products' lumber yard Teachers learn more about Columbia Forest Products' lumber yard A wheel loader takes logs to be made into veneer A log getting ready to be peeled into veneer at Columbia Forest Products Workers roll up sheets of veneer Just peeled veneer being cut to lengths Jon Pineau and Megan Smith at Pimisi Bay getting ready for lunch Scott Maxner, Janet Thompson, and Steven Beaupre on the 2002 Eastern Canadian Teachers' Tour NE Retail Lumber sponsored 3 teachers on the 2002 Eastern Canadian Teachers' Tour Teachers filling out evaluations for the tour 2002 ECTT Participants

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