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The summer field season has drawn to a close and the fRI Research Caribou Program is sad to say goodbye to some of our simply phenomenal field crew that worked with us over the summer – Aimee, Amanda, Brianne, Christine, Jen, Jillian, Kaitlyn and Sean. Gen, Marlene, Adam and Becky are staying on into the fall to carry on with Mountain Pine Beetle surveys – hopefully the snow will hold off long enough to get another month of data.
Below is the final update from the Kakwa crew, in their own words.
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Ten things we learned this summer:
- When standing on a wasp nest, run.
- Shaving is overrated.
- Hygiene is overrated.
- The world is your bathroom.
- When life gives you blueberries, you eat them.
- No one will ever achieve Amanda’s marshmallow roasting skill level.
- Skunk currant berries do in fact taste like skunk.
- The best time to test different accents is on the radio.
- Rain is conceived in Two Lakes.
- fRI Research, the Caribou program, and all people involved are awesome.
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