The Firetower Newsletter
The MFRS - MCFT Alumni Association Ltd. newsletter, dubbed The Firetower, is our way of connecting with our alumni and keeping them informed. The newsletter includes updates on what's going on around campus, changes to faculty and staff, programming and curriculum, upcoming continuing education (CE) opportunities, and more. Here you can browse and download published editions of The Firetower. Make sure to connect with us if you think you'd like to contribute to the next issue.
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Volume 7 - Issue 1
July 2021
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, we profile the career of recently-retired MFRS and MCFT instructor Jim Bowen, who retired after a 23-year career in the spring of 2021; revisit the 2020-2021 graduating class and ceremony; visit the Rod O'Connell Commemorative Plaque along the Nepisiquit Trail; hear from John Biggs (c.1972) on his experience fighting fires in the Maritimes; update you on the Rudy Hanusiak Endowment Fund; and more.
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Volume 6 - Issue 1
January 2020
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, we've included some pictures of a recent forestry sector BBQ held as part of orientation day 2020, profile students attending our Bathurst campus this year, take a trip back to the old Ranger School with Rick Zroback (c. 1973), remember the recently-departed Girv Harrison, profile the Fish & Wildlife Techniques I course, and much, much more.
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Volume 5 - Issue 2
June 2019
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, we take a visual trip back in time to the old MFRS sawmill, profile recent summer practicums with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Meduxnekeag River Association, check out some alumni making news, relive a UNB woodsmen competition from 1980, profile the 2019 graduating class at the Fredericton campus, provide an update on the Rudy Hanusiak Endowment Fund, and much more.
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Volume 5 - Issue 1
January 2019
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, Andre Arsenault and Maurice Harquail takes us on a journey of the Maritime forest industry from the 1700s onward; we see two classmates catching up nearly 52 years after graduation; we profile an alumni-owned small business in Enslow Forestry Services, catch up with Jeremy Schriver (c. 2005; dive into the recent Lahey report, and much more.
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Volume 4 - Issue 2
June 2018
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, we hear from alumni and industry alike as we focus on the life of Rudy Hanusiak, an fixture in the halls of MFRS for many years. We also profile the graduating class of 2018, catch up Anika Hodgson, an alumni of the class of 2015 working as a park warden in Elk Island National Park, AB. Lastly, we give you a rundown of the ongoing program review process.
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Volume 4 - Issue 1
February 2018
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, we tag along for an urban tree inventory lab in New Maryland, delivered as part of the Urban Forestry course; fly some spraying runs in TBMs with Ken Gough (c. 1955); get a full overview of the Advanced Fish & Wildlife Techniques program at MCFT; profile some alumni making news; and introduce you to the ongoing program review process taking place at MCFT.
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Volume 3 - Issue 2
September 2017
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, we catch up with some alumni working the fires in British Columbia and Montana. You won't want to miss these photos. We also profile Madeline Honeyman, a current student at MCFT to see what made her choose forestry, and Joris Wiersinga, an alumni from the class of 2016 originally from the Netherlands but now working for WestFor Management Inc.
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Volume 3 - Issue 1
April 2017
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, George Hicks (c. 1950) takes us on a visual journey to his days in Ontario through the 1950s. We profile Alex Francis, a current student at MCFT, and Danielle Bateman, a graduate from the class of 2014. You also get to meet the new Utility Arborist class, hear some reflections from Todd MacPherson (c. 1992), and put your student hat on again as you dive into watershed delineation using ArcMap.
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Volume 2 - Issue 1
December 2016
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, we wrap up the recent MFRS/MCFT Reunion held at the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Complex this summer, hear from alumni Shayla Nickerson (c. 2015) who is pursuing further education at UNB, hear from Board member Kim Reeder (c. 2003) about what her intentions are for the Association, reflect on times past with Phil Jensen (c. 1957), and, of course, announce the results of the newsletter naming competition!
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Volume 1 - Issue 2
November 2015
In this issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, we provide updates on the status of the Advisory Board; catch up with Joe Trevors (c. 1959); hear about some MCFT lumberjacks making history; profile Alex Mathisen, a current student at MCFT; find out where a few of our alumni have ended up over the years; and much more.
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Volume 1 - Issue 1
May 2015
In this inaugural issue of The Firetower: MFRS/MCFT Alumni Newsletter, we introduce you to Andre Arsenault, the Alumni Association Coordinator; profile current student and international student from the Netherlands, Joris Wiersinga; catch up with some events happening around campus; review the suite of awards distributed at the 2015 graduation; and fill you in on how we see this Association moving forward.
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