This page has been set up to share photos & video relating to the "Introduction" chapter of "Step By Step, A Tree Planter's Handbook." Visit www.replant.ca/books to see books about tree planting.
The author of Step By Step, Jonathan "Scooter" Clark, standing on a very large old cedar stump on north Vancouver Island.
A group of first-year planters, experiencing their first day of planting. This group is learning to plant trees at a pre-season Rookie School session.
Here's an example of some very easy ground. It's quite flat, and there is very little slash that the planters need to work around.
If you think that this block doesn't look as easy as the block in the previous photo, you're correct. This is a steeper block with a lot of slash to work around. This is definitely what is referred to as "technical" ground which will have a much higher tree price than the ground in the previous photo. But don't think that a higher price always equates to higher earnings. Sometimes, a planter can put in so many more trees on the lower-priced ground that they've earned more money at the end of the day.
Someone who is looking for greener pastures. Tree planting is a hard job. If you're not absolutely certain that you can handle the physical and mental challenges, maybe you should change your mind before investing your money into planting gear and travelling to the first work site.
Some old-time loggers from around 1900.
Some old-time loggers from around 1910.
Some old-time loggers from around 1930.
Some old-time planters from around 1950.
Some old-time planters from around 1990.
An aerial photo showing some typical pine beetle destruction, immediately after the trees have started dying, and before the dead needles dropped off the trees.
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