Rite Of Passage: A Photographic Introspection of the Canadian Tree Planting Industry

Jonathan Clark

Apr 2020 · DJ Bolivia Inc.

About this ebook

Tree Planting is often described as a Canadian "rite of passage" for youth in their early twenties. While that may be somewhat of a glorification, there's no debating the fact that more than ten thousand Canadians plant trees each year as a summer job, and well over a hundred thousand have done it at some point in their lives.

This book is a photo odyssey that examines the industry from within, from the perspective of planters who are working in remote tent camps. Although the focus of the book is to share a visual representation of planting life and culture rather than one based on essays, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Written by the administrator of the highly popular Replant.ca website, this book will show you why, even though most planters hate planting, many remember their summers in the bush as some of the most interesting times of their lives.

About the author

Jonathan Clark, more commonly known just as “Scooter” within the reforestation industry, has been planting trees throughout western Canada for more than two decades. He has planted for more than a dozen companies, has been a crew foreman at five companies, and has been a camp supervisor at three companies. In addition to running the Replant.ca website, you’ll be able to find numerous other books about tree planting that he has also authored.