4HE #OLUMBIA 0ARKS AND 2ECREATION
$EPARTMENT RECEIVED VALUED ASSISTANCE LAST
SUMMER WITH AN INTERN PROVIDED BY 3-!
'ARRETT 3TARK A SENIOR STUDYING FORESTRY AT
THE 5NIVERSITY OF 7ISCONSIN3TEVENS 0OINT
SPENT WEEKS WORKING WITH #OLUMBIAS
FORESTRY CREW (IS AREAS OF FOCUS INCLUDED
ASSESSING AND QUANTIFYING THE URBAN FOREST
MANAGING RISK AND PLANTING AND MAINTAINING
THE URBAN FOREST
-UNICIPALITIES LIKE #OLUMBIA THAT HAVE PARTICI
PATED IN THE 3-! INTERNSHIP PROGRAM ARE REIM
BURSED UP TO FOR THE SALARY OF THE
INTERN ROUGHLY HR AND BENEFIT FROM
THE HARD WORK AND SKILL THE MOTIVATED AND TAL
ENTED INTERNS OFFER
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INTERNS PROVIDING HANDSON EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT
TO DUPLICATE IN A CLASS ROOM SETTING 'ARRETT
3TARK THE 3-! INTERN FOR #OLUMBIA IN
EXPLAINS IT BEST IN HIS FOLLOWING MESSAGE
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WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT ) WOULD LEARN AND THE
PEOPLE ) WOULD MEET %VERY EMPLOYEE ) WORKED
WITH IN THE FORESTRY CREW WITH #OLUMBIA 0ARKS
AND 2ECREATION WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO STOP
WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO TEACH ME SOMETHING
NEW IN GREAT DETAIL 4HEY TAUGHT ME ABOUT
EQUIPMENT PRUNING FELLING TREES PROPER SAFETY
PROTOCOL AND JUDGING 42)- GRANTS 4HESE ARE
ALL THINGS THAT YOU CAN READ ABOUT IN BOOKS
BUT THE HANDSON TRAINING YOU RECEIVE WILL SET
YOU APART FROM A FELLOW CLASSMATE WHO DID NOT
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY 4HERE IS SO
MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE ) HAD WORK
ING WITH VERY PROFESSIONAL AND HELPFUL INDIVIDU
ALS THAT ) HOPE MORE STUDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THIS GREAT INTERNSHIP 3-! OFFER IN THE YEARS
TO COMEv
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