2026 Season Overview*
Are you ready for a fantastic 2026 season? We are hard at work planning and getting ready. Please note, start dates will be determined by the end of March based on snow levels. Lineup of work is subject to change during the season depending on snow level, production of each camp and availability of seedlings.
Please bookmark this page and check back for changes.
Cheers,
The Blue Collar Team.
Updated February 20, 2026
Please bookmark this page and check back for changes.
Cheers,
The Blue Collar Team.
Updated February 20, 2026
Emile LeClair's Camp
Start: Mid April
Spring: Emile’s camp will spend the beginning of the spring season in the Vernon area, working on Tolko and the Forest Investment Program (FIP) projects before moving to Cranbrook to join Tristan’s crew on a Canfor project. The beginning of June Emile’s camp will return to Vernon to finish the spring on an OKIB 2 Billion Trees Program project.
Summer: The camp will return to Prince George to work on a Canfor summer project.
Prices:
Tolko Vernon – 20-30 cents
FIP – 19-23 cents
Canfor Cranbrook - 20-30 cents
2BT OKIB – 19-23 cents
Canfor PG – 18-30 cents
Start: Mid April
Spring: Emile’s camp will spend the beginning of the spring season in the Vernon area, working on Tolko and the Forest Investment Program (FIP) projects before moving to Cranbrook to join Tristan’s crew on a Canfor project. The beginning of June Emile’s camp will return to Vernon to finish the spring on an OKIB 2 Billion Trees Program project.
Summer: The camp will return to Prince George to work on a Canfor summer project.
Prices:
Tolko Vernon – 20-30 cents
FIP – 19-23 cents
Canfor Cranbrook - 20-30 cents
2BT OKIB – 19-23 cents
Canfor PG – 18-30 cents
Mary Watson's Camp
Start: Early May
Spring: Mary’s camp will be starting the Spring around Prince George planting on a 2 Billion Tree project, mid May move to Quesnel/Nazko area to work on the Tolko project. Mary’s camp will move to the Vernon area to help finish the 2BT OKIB project with Emile mid June.
Summer: This camp will work on the Canfor Mackenzie and FIP Mackenzie projects.
Prices:
Prince George 2BT – 18-21 cents
Nazko – 17-23 cents
2BT OKIB – 19-23 cents
Canfor Mackenzie – 17-23 cents
FIP Mackenzie – 19-26 cents
Start: Early May
Spring: Mary’s camp will be starting the Spring around Prince George planting on a 2 Billion Tree project, mid May move to Quesnel/Nazko area to work on the Tolko project. Mary’s camp will move to the Vernon area to help finish the 2BT OKIB project with Emile mid June.
Summer: This camp will work on the Canfor Mackenzie and FIP Mackenzie projects.
Prices:
Prince George 2BT – 18-21 cents
Nazko – 17-23 cents
2BT OKIB – 19-23 cents
Canfor Mackenzie – 17-23 cents
FIP Mackenzie – 19-26 cents
Sam Rush's Camp
Start: Early May
Spring: Depending on snow levels at the start of the season, Sam’s camp will begin the season in the Fort St. James area to work on KDL and Tanizul projects. The camp will then move to Canfor Vanderhoof for the remainder of the spring.
Summer: Summer trees will mainly consist of Canfor Vanderhoof, with a smaller portion of Tanizul and KDL summer trees.
Prices:
KDL – 18-24 cents
Tanizul – 18-23 cents
Canfor Vanderhoof – 17-23 cents
Start: Early May
Spring: Depending on snow levels at the start of the season, Sam’s camp will begin the season in the Fort St. James area to work on KDL and Tanizul projects. The camp will then move to Canfor Vanderhoof for the remainder of the spring.
Summer: Summer trees will mainly consist of Canfor Vanderhoof, with a smaller portion of Tanizul and KDL summer trees.
Prices:
KDL – 18-24 cents
Tanizul – 18-23 cents
Canfor Vanderhoof – 17-23 cents
Emily Mervyn's Camp
Start: Late April
Spring: Emily’s camp will start the season in Williams Lake before moving to the Whitecourt area to work on a combination of BRL and Canfor projects for the remainder of the spring.
Summer: The camp will continue working on BRL into the summer and move to BC to finish the summer on Dunkley and Canfor projects around Mackenzie.
Prices:
BCTS Williams Lake – 16-23 cents
BRL – 15-20 cents
Dunkley – 17-22 cents
Canfor Mackenzie – 17-23 cents
Spring: Emily’s camp will start the season in Williams Lake before moving to the Whitecourt area to work on a combination of BRL and Canfor projects for the remainder of the spring.
Summer: The camp will continue working on BRL into the summer and move to BC to finish the summer on Dunkley and Canfor projects around Mackenzie.
Prices:
BCTS Williams Lake – 16-23 cents
BRL – 15-20 cents
Dunkley – 17-22 cents
Canfor Mackenzie – 17-23 cents
Will Verboon's Camp
Start: Early May
Spring: Will’s camp will start the season in Saskatchewan around Meadow Lake. Mid May, the camp will move to High Level to plant for Tolko for the remainder of the spring.
Summer: The camp will move down to Whitecourt to complete the Canfor project and return to High Level to finish the season.
Prices:
Saskatchewan – 16-19 cents
Tolko High Level – 15 cents
Canfor Whitecourt – 16-22 cents
Aidan Musk's Camp
Start: Late April-Early May
Spring: Aidan’s camp will start the season in the Williams Lake area, working on a BCTS project. Later in May, the camp will move to Worsley to work on the Canfor Grande Prairie project.
Summer: Camp will continue working on the Canfor Grande Prairie summer project and then move to Dawson Creek and work a BCTS project to finish the summer season.
Prices:
BCTS Williams Lake – 16-23 cents
Canfor Grand Prairie – 17-21 cents
FIP Mackenzie – 19-26 cents
BCTS Dawson Creek – 18-23 cents
Start: Late April-Early May
Spring: Aidan’s camp will start the season in the Williams Lake area, working on a BCTS project. Later in May, the camp will move to Worsley to work on the Canfor Grande Prairie project.
Summer: Camp will continue working on the Canfor Grande Prairie summer project and then move to Dawson Creek and work a BCTS project to finish the summer season.
Prices:
BCTS Williams Lake – 16-23 cents
Canfor Grand Prairie – 17-21 cents
FIP Mackenzie – 19-26 cents
BCTS Dawson Creek – 18-23 cents
Nina Klajic's Camp
Start: Early May
Season: Nina’s camp will start the season in Saskatchewan before moving to High Level for the remainder of the season.
Prices:
Saskatchewan – 16-19 cents
Tolko High Level – 15 cents
Start: Early May
Season: Nina’s camp will start the season in Saskatchewan before moving to High Level for the remainder of the season.
Prices:
Saskatchewan – 16-19 cents
Tolko High Level – 15 cents
Tristan Boyer's Crew
Start: Late April
Tristan's crew will be starting the season in Creston before moving to Vernon to join Emile's camp on the OKIB 2BT project mid June. Max Miliner will take over the crew for the Summer and Join Emile’s camp in Prince George
Prices:
Canfor Cranbrook - 20-30 cents
2BT OKIB – 19-23 cents
Canfor PG – 19-30 cents
Start: Late April
Tristan's crew will be starting the season in Creston before moving to Vernon to join Emile's camp on the OKIB 2BT project mid June. Max Miliner will take over the crew for the Summer and Join Emile’s camp in Prince George
Prices:
Canfor Cranbrook - 20-30 cents
2BT OKIB – 19-23 cents
Canfor PG – 19-30 cents
Corb Trollope's Crew
Start: Early May
Corb’s crew will start the season in New Brunswick until the first of week of June before moving to High Level joining Nina’s camp for the remainder of the season.
Prices:
NB – 13 cents
High Level – 15 cents
Start: Early May
Corb’s crew will start the season in New Brunswick until the first of week of June before moving to High Level joining Nina’s camp for the remainder of the season.
Prices:
NB – 13 cents
High Level – 15 cents
Please get in touch with your crew leader to secure a spot for 2026
If you have any questions please get in touch with us about what is happening for next season.
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What to bring for 2026! We've put together a full list of items to bring that you'll need for both work and camp life.
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