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Bill Pearson & the B.C. Forest Service

  • 1962 – Vancouver F.S. Marine Depot (Labourer)

  • 1962 –  Echo Bay Ranger Station (Dispatcher)

  • 1962-65 – Vancouver HQ (Compassman, Acting Cruiser);

  • 1965-66 – Port Moody Ranger Station (A/Ranger);

  • 1966-69 – Harrison Hot Springs Ranger Station (A/Ranger);

  • 1969-73 – Port McNeill Ranger Station (A/Ranger);

  • 1973-75 – Vancouver HQ (Protection duties);

  • 1975-78 – Vancouver HQ (District Training Officer)

  • 1978-80 – Port Hardy Ranger Station (Ranger);

  • 1980-86 – Port McNeill Forest District (Operations Superintendent);

  • 1986-97 – Port McNeill Forest District (Operations Manager);

  • May 1997 – Bill retired after 35 years with the Forest Service

 

This brief description of Bill’s employment with the Forest Service only indicates a small amount about him, and doesn’t fully describe his real character and his passion for the organization. Training was one of Bill’s fortes. Bill recognized the value of training, and throughout the years, Bill obtained the best, including the ranger staff training at the former Forest Service Training School in Green Timbers.  He as well was involved in training others over the years – for fire fighting training with correctional personnel and inmates, as the Vancouver Forest District Training Officer for several years, in development of training manuals for field activities, and a secondment for the Forest Practices Code implementation training. Last, but not least, Bill with his storehouse of wisdom and patience helped to train the new District Manager who arrived in 1995 in Port McNeill.

 

Bill was a ready volunteer to assist the organization in times of need and emergency and was not afraid of accepting responsibility. In addition to helping with campus recruitment, providing necessary helping hands at Forest Service nurseries during a strike in 1983, and development of training packages for the Forest Practices Code, over the years he was frequently assisting the organization in its key role of fighting fires - on the Coast, the Interior, and the Yukon.

 

Bill was proud to be a member of the Forest Service and frequently expressed this, not only about the early days at the Ranger Stations, but also about the newer organization at the time he retired. Upon his retirement he left behind a legacy of enthusiasm and good attitude towards the organization. He also donated to the district a beautiful painting he had made of an area in the district at Nugent Sound, which is prominently displayed at the district office, and will always remind us of him.

 

Bill was not only a loyal employee, team-oriented co-worker and dedicated supervisor at the office, but also a friend. We will remember him.

 

 

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