On December 3, 2021, the grade STAHS 10-12 Outdoor Education classes, led by Steve Mastromatteo and Kathrine Holmstrom, were treated to a very interesting experience when they got to witness Miisun’s slash pile burning program. After lighting some piles on fire, the burn crew, along with another forester from Weyerhaeuser, explained why the piles were being burned, the forest management process as a whole, and many of the avenues that can be taken in forestry as a career.
It was a great experience all around, as the students were exposed to an industry that most people don’t know a lot about, and Miisun forester Derian Caron had recently graduated from STAHS in 2016.