wildwoods reforestation inc.

Season Details 2012

2012-01-09T18:59:00.000-08:00

Hey Crew

We have 7.2 million trees for this season.

Only two camps!!

Spring is a 32 day fly in
Summer is a 28 days roadside camp (Chinchaga Bridge)

Both camps are west of Town.

5 crews of 6 30 planters.

Start date May 14th
Finish July 28th.

We meet at the farm early May 13th to drive to staging.

The crew is full.

Have a great winter and remember to get in shape.

Jeff and Jody

Admin. Dallas Neudorf

Crewbosses Jason Whalen, Jordan Farquharson, Scott Peddle, Sean Devos, Steve Dinicol

Camp Hand Tommy

Drivers Jeff, Bruce, Kelly

Cooks Brad, Codie

1. ADAM DEWOLFE
2. ALEX PETERS
3. BART TOBIN
4. BEN BERNIE
5. BRIAN TOFFLEMIER
6. CELIA JIMENEZ
7. CHRIS PAGE
8. CHRIS FLOWER
9. DENNIS
10. DEREK WELDON
11. GARNET PATON

12. JEFF GARRISON

13. JOEL MCISSAC
14. JOHN IVISON
15. KAITLYN LINNEMOLLER
16. KARL ST JOHN
17. KYRA LIGHTBURN
18. LEAH CRAWFORD
19. LINDSAY SNYDER
20. LISA CHO
21. LUKE GHYSELINKS
22. MARK DINICOL
23. MIKE SMITH JONES
24. MILES BEROUARD
25. PAUL KOLINSKI
26. RAFFAELLE GAGNON
27. REBECCA STEWART
28. ROXY
29. RYAN DURAK
30. SHAUN GEISEL
31. SIMON GHYSELINKS
32. SKYLER
33. TOM WARD

34. VINCE O'DWYER

20th year anniversary party

2011-10-05T22:54:00.000-07:00

2011-10-05T22:43:00.000-07:00

Hey Crew of 2011,

What a great pleasure this summer turned out to be. I could not of dreamed it going that well. To really comprehend what we just accomplished would impress anyone from any walk of life.
It is fabulous to be a part of something awesome and I hope you all feel totally satisfied and appreciated. I absolutely swear to everyone that was one of the very best performances WW has every done. The paycheques seemed higher but also the team or family vibe showed up and seemed to take everyone in. That’s pretty vibrant, and way too high of an expectation to every expect. It’s very pure and excellent; I am personally excited and inspired by that feeling and sense of accomplishment.

Next season is a world away but there is a plan.

Trying to get a bigger contract adding one more crew of 6.
42 planters, 7 crews and 11 million trees. Some positives to look forward to are more staff:

We had 6 incredible crewbosses this season. All heart and full throttle learning curve. We are saying good bye to Paul Dwyer; thanks for everything Paul and all the best in the real world.
I absolutely know any of the crew bosses could step up to supervise the crewbosses. Dallas has been chosen for that job.
Wildwoods is looking for two new crewbosses for 2012.

Vinny highballed the camp and is retiring. Very cool!
Wildwoods is looking for 8-10 new planters for 2012.

If you have friends /potential hires e-mail me your comments about this person and have them e-mail wildwoods@telus.net
Otherwise, I expect most everyone will return next season.

We will be work on the following WW improvements this winter.

"Real Time" data/quality collection software
Direct deposit
More two way radios
Cool website improvements
A couple small quads for crewbosses
An excursion per crew (over time)
3rd marshmaster vehicle and trailer
One more cargo trailer for camp or gear
Improved camp internet etc.
Party barn art
Water alive system
Marshmaster back hoe (if snow caches warrant)

Great News! We absolutely did great on our safety audit.
We passed with 83% and the comment “great job”.
This info is typed up in a formal letter and mailed to LaCrete and Tolko. We look good!

We meet Tolko mid October to start talks for next season.

Cheers and all the best this winter~ walk tall!
Jody Jeff Caden Kaiya Annabelle and Ryder

2011-07-20T11:14:00.000-07:00

PARTY TIME

WILDWOODS 20TH YEAR IN SERVICE

COSTUMES MANDATORY

AWARDS AND SPEECHES 10PM

DJ GENERIC IN FROM VICTORIA TO ROCK THE PARTY 10:30 UNTIL 5AM

FIREWORKS /BURNING PLANTER SHOW 12:34 AM

CATERED, KEGS, PING PONG, FUSEBALL, CLIMBING WALL,

COSTUME PRIZES, DISCO BALL, STAGE, DANCE FLOOR ETC.

ALL HIGH LEVEL TREE PLANTERS WELCOME, OTHERWISE INVITE ONLY!

TRANSPORTATION IS ARRANGED FROM THE FLAMINGO AT 9:45 AND LATE RUNS BACK TO THE FALMINGO. RSVP IS NECESSARY TO CONFIRM YOUR SEAT. WILDWOODS@TELUS.NET TO CONFIRM OR NO RIDE or tell Codie/Jody.

sober drivers only!

20th Season ~ 100 Millionth Tree 2011

2010-12-27T21:34:00.000-08:00

Directions to the farm: 2km south or High Level. Turn east just north of the scales.
The farm is 3 km on the left. Stay left at the 90 degree curve in the road and drive to the big red shops.

We have a midseason day and night celebration planned. (During the Watt 5 camp). This will be a very productive super fun season. We have 8.5 million trees to plant in 12 weeks or so.

The theme for this season is appreciation. Good Vibes.. Appreciation for : Wildwoods, each other, the new awesome cooks, having a job, the staff, Tolko, LaCrete, Evergreen and all the past amazing people that built Wildwoods over the past 20 years. I have raised tree prices back to their highest amount. I want us all to work hard and try extra hard to be nice and not judge each other. Lets have fun and do our jobs well.

The new marshmaster drivers are all professional drivers from High Level. They are great guys and know everything about machines and how to fix them. The four of us meet at the farm the first week of April to do a full maintenance program on all three marshmasters. We are removing the tracks and fixing or tightening every single part. We have purchased a backhoe that attaches to the marshmaster for bridge building, shitters and snow caches. (unfortunately, no back hoe this year as all my snowcaches are on the other side of the Bushee Creek so I have to fly and open caches) I will plan on it for 2012.

Our new cooks are a married couple named Codie and Brad. They have a Karelian bear dog named Fremont. Camp will be bear free. Our crew is full (see confirmed list below) We have lowered the crews size down to 6 planters from 7, to allow crewbosses more time for their planters. Crewbosses will need to record a few quality plots per planter everyday. We will meet Friday May 13th at the farm party barn 1pm. We will do our orientation meeting for 2-3 hours. Plant the next day. Siteviewing happens in March, the siteprep and season details will be posted in March.

SEASON DETAILS 2011 Season Summary TOTAL TREES 8,507,187 TOTAL RIPPER 410/411 4,291,800 @ $.10 TOTAL HOE PLOW 3,057,827 @ $.11 TOTAL 2 + 0 DIRECT 421,000 @ $.13 TOTAL REPLANT 736,560 @ $ .15 TOTAL WORK DAYS 62 DAYS TOTAL DAYS OFF INCL. 2 / CAMP MOVE 17 DAYS TOTAL CAMPS 4 CAMP COSTS $29/day CAMP SET UP/ORIENTATION MAY 13th START DATE MAY 14th FINISH DATE AUGUST 7th

Camp #1 LACRETE Ø Roadside Camp ~ 1 hour south Fort Vermillion on Hwy 88 (30 minutes on gravel road) personal vehicles are welcome in camp if you really want. Wildwoods trucks do have room and a planter gear trailer is provided. Staff will set up camp before planters arrive. Set up Date May 13, Wildwoods will be at the Flamingo Hotel at 12:30 with vehicles and a personal gear trailer. Orientation meeting is a few hours at the Wildwoods farm. Bring a pen, your SIN, your address and a basic tax plan. then we drive to camp #1 pack some food and water. Start Date May 14, Planting a 3/4 day on one huge roadside block. We'll all get on the same page day one. Completion Date May 27 Total Trees to Plant 1,417,800 trees Site Prep Mostly Ripper @ $.10 Seedlings 411B stock 360 per box Estimated Daily Production 140-160,000 trees Total Planting Days 11 Days off 2 Crew 2 Cooks 1 Supervisors Swamper 3 Marsh Drivers 6 Crewbosses 36 Experienced Planters

Camp #2 Ponton 6/7 Ø Marsh/Fly in Camp Ø Fly planters and gear Ø Staging is east on 13 mile rd north at Lee farms Camp Set up May 28-29, Start Date May 30, Completion Date June 18, Total Trees to Plant 2,200,000 Site Prep mostly ripper @ $ 0.10 Seedlings 410 stock 270 Estimated Daily Production 140-160,000 trees Total Planting Days 16 Days off 3 in the bush camp

Camp #3 WATT 5

25 minutes west of High Level

roadside camp off the highway

personal vehicles welcome Camp Set up June 20, Start Date June 21, Completion Date July 24, Total Trees to Plant 3,190,143 Site Prep Ripper 1,574,851 @ $.10 Hoe plow 1,574,851 @ $.11 2 +0 Direct 421,000 @ $.13 5 yr old fill-in 40,500 @ $.15 Estimated Daily Production 140-160,000 trees Total Planting Days 22 Days off 5

Camp #4 Wildwoods Farm Set up Date July 26 Start Date July 27, Completion Date Aug.7th, Total Trees to Plant 1,264,851 Site Prep Ripper 410 200,000 @ $.10

Hoe Plow 410 383,827 @ $.11 6 yr old Fill-in 412 681,000 @ $.16 Estimated Daily Production 100 - 160,000 trees Total Planting Days 12 Days off 2

Have a great winter and stay in shape. Cheers Jeff and Jody CONFIRMED CREW FOR 2011

The crew is now full!

Supervisor/Owner Jeff Belisle

SWAMPER as required

Crewbosses Jason Whalen, Paul Dwyer, Scott Peddle, Dallas Neudorf, Steve Dinicol, Sean Devos. Cooks Brad Allen, Codie Mcquay

Tree Deliverers Bruce, Kelly, Jeff L

1. Shaun Geisel 2. Kyra Lightburn 3. Mark Dinicol 4. Brian Tofflemier 5. Kaitlyn Linnemoller 6. Raffaelle Gagnon 7. Ben Bernie 8. Michael Garrison 9. Bart Tobin 10. Dennis Severino

11. 12. Tom Ward 13. Aaron Riley 14. Lindsay Snyder 15. Garnet Paton 16. Celia Jimenez 17. Jeff Murray 18. Leah Crawford

19. Alex Peters 20. LISA CHO 21. REBECCA STEWART

22. DEREK WELDON 23. JOHN IVISON 24. VINCE O'DWYER 25. RON LAVORDIERE 26. CHRIS FLOWER

27. PAUL KOLINSKI 28. MILES BEROUARD 29. MIKE SMITH JONES 30. LUKE GHYSELINKS 31. SIMON GHYSELINKS 32. RYAN DURAK 33. Joel M 34. KARL ST JEAN 35. CHRIS PAGE 36. ADAM DEWOLFE

NEW 2009 Planting Info~ May 1 2009

2009-03-14T11:59:00.000-07:00

There's two WEEKS until we meet in High Level Alberta to plant 8.4 million trees.
It's going to be a great season with lots of new people and new energy.

Our smallest 2 clients (700,000 trees) have decided to cancil their tree planting program.
They are still making there decision but for now we are looking at a shorter season.
I expect to finish by August 11th.

EXTRA`s

You need to bring all your intereresting reading books to share in the Library.
They will be signed out and replaced if damaged. I have built a beatiful reading area and books are the best thing to do planting.

You need to bring your best costume for the dress up party. There are very few places to buy
party stuff up here.

You need to bring a void cheque or account number for direct deposit.

START DATE:

Wildwoods Party Barn Meet and Greet
Wednesday night 7pm-ish May 13th
1 mile south of High Level, turn left at angle road
just before self weigh station. Follow the bend left for 1 mile.
Through the intersection. The Wildwoods farm
driveway is on your left, the party barn is the smaller
building on your right.
The orientation meeting is the next afternoon at 1:00pm

Orientation Meeting

This is a mandatory meeting held at the Wildwoods farm hanger at 1:00pm on Thursday May 14th. It will introduce all Wildwoods policies and safety issues involved with your job.
We will go through Wildwoods safety manual, Tolko safety manuals, environmental issues, field safety bags, animal control, planting quality, injuries, attitude, tax forms, etc.
This is a mandatory meeting with a lot of valuable, necessary information and documentation. Bring snacks and be prepared to listen to me talk for 2-3 hours.
New for this season. I am picking the crews from a hat at the meet and greet party.

The first camp is roadside, it's an hour and a half north of High Level.
There will be maps to camp at the orientation meeting.
We will meet early evening May 14th to set up camp.
There is no food or water served by Wildwoods until breakfast day 1 at 7am.
So bring food and water for the evening.

We start Planting on May 15th.
We leave for work at 8 am.

PLANTING DETAILS

2,266,658 $0.1 ripper
500,000 $0.105 2+0 ripper
4,207,988 $0.11 hoe plow
291,492 $0.115 2+0 hoeplow
945,750$0.115 direct

Tolko put more effort into leaving cleaner blocks.
I have looked over the areas and agree the ground
looks better. I have returned the planting prices to
normal as the quality effort was better last season.

We have 6 camps this season. 3 are fly ins and 3 roadside.
Note: fly ins are up to 10 days at a time with minor supply runs.
Camp cost are $28 and the food will be awesome.

I have hired a productive and positive crew.
We will have 5 crews of seven.
We have to finish the contract by August 15th.
I will add a 6th crew if we fall behind.
But, I believe this crew will do it.

The average wage would be $26,100 in 58 days.

Get in shape, it's worth it. It's your job. Pay special attention
to your wrists. Tendonitis is the big thing to prepare for.
Find a way to warm your body up before going full speed.
Find a way to ease into it.

See you soon.
Jeff and Jody

2009-02-17T14:51:00.000-08:00

WILDWOODS 2009 SEASON
CONFIRMED CREW LIST

SUPERVISORS

ADAM BARKOVITZ
FRANK BRASSARD

COOKS

SHAY
JOHN

MARSH DRIVERS

HILLAR ROONEEM
COURTNEY BEARINGER

QUALITY CHECKER

SANDRA PRONOVOST

CREWBOSSES

VINCE LACROIX
NATE MARTIN
MARK MASK
TARA HARRIS
DANIEL GILLESPIE

PLANTERS

REBECCA STEWART
HEATHER JONES
ANNE-CHRISTINE MURRAY
ALEXANDRA H'LARAULT
LISA CHO
SONG THROUGHTON ~July 6th
EMILY SCHNURR
ANDREA MILLIN ~JULY 6
REBECCA SNAPE
ABBY BLYTHE HAGERMAN
DEREK WELDON
RYAN VAN HORNE ~July 6th
JOHN IVISON
RYAN WIGGINS
PASCAL

COREY CRYSLER/JASON NARDELLA

SKYLER BOUSHEL

MATT PHIPPEN

VINCE O'DWYER

TYLER WOYIWADA

RON LAVORDIERE

TODD FERGUSON

SHAWN FERDEBER

PAUL KOLINSKI

MIKE SMITH JONES

JASON WHALEN

LUKE GHYSELINKS

SIMON GHYSELINKS

CHRIS PAGE

RYAN DURAK

JAY DUBEAU

KARL ST JOHN

FREDERICK THERIAULT

DAN DUBEAU

COLIN MUIR DORWARD

PAT CAMPBELL

BRAAM HAPPNER

PAUL DWYER

***please let me know if your name should be on or off of this list asap. wildwoods@telus.net

2008-12-31T01:34:00.000-08:00

Marie Steph Declous has graciously started a Wildwoods Face book site for Wildwoods to keep connected. You must find wildwoods in the group section. It is open to all involved; please enjoy and respect each other and the awesome Marie -Steph. Enjoy!