Lorne Renouf has been teaching forestry at the college level since 1993, where he taught at several institutions in eastern Canada and has been in Prince Albert since the fall of 2000.

He began his career in forestry as a logger cutting pulpwood in Nova Scotia, and then returning to NL for the same type of work. Lorne started his education in Newfoundland where he worked seasonally while attending college.

In 1985, he became a forest technician after graduating from Maritime Forest Ranger School in Fredericton, NB. Lorne worked for a pulp mill in NL for seven seasons as a forest technician while pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Forestry, which he obtained in 1991 from the University of Maine (at Orono).

Along with working as a forest technician, Lorne, and another partner, started a forestry company which they ran for 10 years. It was during the period of running their company that he started teaching in NL, and obtained a teaching certificate in Vocational Education.

Lorne has continually worked in the forestry sector since coming to Saskatchewan doing forest measurements, silviculture, horticulture, and consulting. Lorne owns and runs a sawmill company as well. Lorne is employed at SIAST as an instructor in the Forest Ecosystem Technology program and has been with the program since its inception of 2000. He has undertaken a lot of curriculum and program development in the realm of forestry.

Please e-mail your question to Lorne and if it is valid he will answer.  His email is renouf@siast.sk.ca