If anybody tells you that they didn’t cry tree-planting, they’re lying. Because bugs are awful, the job is hard, and you have to do the same thing for 10 hours a day. It’s absolutely amazing. You make really good money. But it’s not about the money, it’s about the living. You’re living in a tent for three months, without service most of the time, and there’s no camp costs. So I just get fed for free, all I have to pay for is, like, if I want beer. Beer and doritos. That’ll be my quote. Beer and doritos.
—Alyssa from Winnipeg
Interview by MJ