{"id":4990,"date":"2018-07-14T23:55:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T23:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2023-06-16T18:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:37:29","slug":"finding-my-way-ccc-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/finding-my-way-ccc-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding My Way in Alberta Parks \u2014 CCC Participant Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Group 1<\/a> participant Brendan Riley<\/a> sent an update on his experiences. He had been volunteering with Alberta Parks South Region during the field learning stage of the\u00a0Canadian Conservation Corps<\/a>\u00a0(CCC) program.<\/em><\/p>\n

At the time of writing this post, my Canadian Conversation Corps<\/a> colleagues and I have now been at \u00c1\u00eds\u00ednai’pi\/Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park for a little over a month. The tasks and experiences we had shared provided us with new skills and knowledge, which we brought back to our home communities.<\/p>\n

One new skill in particular I enjoyed learning was how to use a GPS, to mark and map areas of importance. We were tasked with locating sites of vandalism and inputting the coordinates so they can be remediated in the future by a rock colour matching specialist. Although this skill may not be abundantly useful in a city environment, I do intend to purchase my own GPS upon my return to Ontario and utilize it in my explorations in the bush.<\/p>\n

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Park Archaeology<\/h3>\n

Speaking of exploration, one weekend on our off time Grant<\/a> and I assisted the Park\u2019s archeologist with old wood reclamation from an abandoned residence on Park property. We had been there earlier in the week but were limited as to what we could accomplish due to our lack of protective gear. We found many a trinket, including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n