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this	Black Dog Strangling Vine
My name is Paula. I graduated from the EM program last year and currently in advanced standing of the EMT program. I’ve also been taking additional courses in in trail design and maintenance. I also worked at Burley's Garden Gallery and KLT last fall.	Tell me about yourself
Reddish Flowers	Dog Strangling Vine
- Team skills: Able to work well with people and have experience with working with people I don’t get along with - organization and time management: Able to organize and plan out what needs to be done and prioritize based on importance and how soon something needs to be finished. I do not like to rush duties unless I really have to	what are your strengths
lower leaves more common	Garlic Mustard
It has everything I’m looking for in a position. Trail work and Invasive species management. The duties for this job I also have either experience in or was educated on it.	Why do you want this job?
Garlic mustard (Allaria petiolata), European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), Dog-Strangling Vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum), Black Dog-Strangling Vine, (Vincetoxicum nigrum) and Norway maple (Acer platanoides)	What are the invasive species in Dufferin?
can be as large as a tree, despite classified as a shrub	European Buckthorn
a large Eurasian maple tree naturalized in North America; five-lobed leaves yellow in autumn; cultivated in many varieties	Norway Maple
- placement and replacement of signs identifying all of the tracts and outlining the main stipulations of the County Forest by-law (2003-50); - tree and plant identification walks; - establishment and maintenance of a County Forest website;	Public Relations and Education Activities 1-3
- attendance at various local events, including the spring and fall home shows; - production and periodic updating of a County Forest brochure and; - production and periodic updating of a brochure describing the Little Tract interpretive trail	Public Relations and Education Activities 4-6
- Convey educational information - Natural heritage: look-outs, points of interest etc.	Interpretive Signs
remove debris, pick up litter. check for fallen logs, muddy areas, erroded areas, vandalism (on trees, signs, boardwalks), any trees in danger of falling	trail maintenance
Perfectionist - I`ve been slow in the past with doing both school work and job duties.	What is your biggest weakness
My dream job is trail design, but I also have a keen interest in restoration work. This position has both	Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?
In my EM program, I learned about different harvesting practices. There is clear cutting, row cutting, and slection cutting. From what I understand dufferin does the last one, and my professor called it the most enviromentally friendly and sustainable.	What do you know about proper forestry practices?