Alumni and Friends Loon Lake BBQ and Tour 2016
On Thursday, April 28th, 2016 UBC Forestry alumni, friends, students, faculty and staff joined together for an afternoon in the woods at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest (MKRF) in Maple Ridge. The day started with a tour of the research forest, which included a sneak peak of the 2016 DEMO exhibit site. Then guests cheered as two student teams went head-to-head in a tree pruning contest, after which they were quizzed by guests on their technique. The tour ended with a presentation on the Griffith trees, a historic part of the MKRF.
Guests and students then met back at the Loon Lake camp for a reception in the new Pan Abode (old dining hall) and four student crews were each joined with an alumnus and squared off in a quiz about the history of Forestry in BC. It all came down to a tie-breaker question and the winner of the event was Crew 2 with Gerry Burch. The evening ended with a BBQ dinner in the new Bentley Family Hall and everyone joining in to celebrate Professor Emeritus Tony Kozak’s 80th birthday.
Thank you to those who joined us and we hope to see everyone next year!
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