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Joussard, AB

September 11, 2015
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I was back on a plane on Wednesday afternoon, this time heading west to Edmonton. I had a final site inspection meeting with Public Works at our Joussard, AB site. It is about a 3.5 hour drive northwest of Edmonton. The weather was good for driving, mainly blue skies.

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There was a standing pool of water that may become an issue. Based on the footprints around the water, there were moose, deer and this one looked like a bear print.

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I should be home for the next couple of weeks, before a busy October schedule. I’ll be out to Flat Valley, SK and Rochester, NY among other places.

Joussard, AB

October 17, 2014
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I was out in Alberta from Wednesday to Friday this past week. Flew into Edmonton and then out to Stoney Plain (40 minutes west of Edmonton) and Joussard (3.5 hours northwest of Edmonton). We were having a building moved to another one of our new sites. Unfortunately the new sites are all coming together at the same time due to delays and it is making for a very busy fall. Saw quite a few deer along the way and one moose crossed the highway in front of us around dusk, even though it was big, it was still difficult to see.

Joussard Alberta

November 11, 2011
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I was out in Alberta to meet with a consultant doing an ESA on one of our new monitoring sites near Joussard, AB. Joussard is about 30 km east of High Prairie and 80 km west of Slave Lake. It was a flight from Toronto to Calgary to meet up with a colleague and then a Dash-8 to Grande Prairie. From there is was another 3 hour drive.

The weather wasn’t cooperating with us. It snowed the first night in High Prairie, by morning it was slush and ice mix. Then it rained throughout the day, even hailing at one point. Would have preferred some sub-zero temperatures and snow. In the end the job got done. Looking north along Range Road 132 towards Lesser Slave Lake.