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\"Meg<\/a>This year, as we have done for the past two years, Cody<\/a> and I shared the pleasures and pitfalls of\u00a0working with chainsaws with about 60 girls who will be Vermont\u2019s next generation of fierce workforce\u00a0women. This year, to our surprise and delight, the weather was perfect – crisp enough that we knew it\u00a0was fall, but sunny enough that we could get away with wearing t-shirts. On the beautiful Old Dorm\u00a0Green at Vermont Technical College<\/a>, Cody and I set up our saw horses and pole-sized logs, and waited\u00a0for our students to appear. We had two courses to teach in the morning, 70 minutes each, beginning\u00a0with our spiel on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), in which we introduced safety equipment –\u00a0from steel toes, to hair ties, to up-to-date helmets. Next we split into two groups to get our hands on\u00a0some chainsaws. Before starting or running the saws, we opened up the face plates and gave students a\u00a0behind-the-scenes peek at the bar and chain, also going over the safety features to check before sawing.<\/p>\n

Then came the highlight: cookie cutting. The majority of girls took to the challenge head-on and, after\u00a0practicing starting a chainless saw, donned their protective gear and stepped up to the cutting station.\u00a0We talked them through the cut, and then let them learn by doing. Though many were hesitant at first –\u00a0surprised by the power they held in their hands – everyone who tried was successful. The looks on their\u00a0faces when we handed them their own tree cookie were of wide-eyed pride, and their hands shook with\u00a0the tremulous high of witnessing their own ferocity. Watching them, I remembered my own physical\u00a0and emotional reaction when I first used a chainsaw- the jittery excitement that took over my body\u00a0and left me awed, trembling, and unable to stop grinning. A bit of that feeling returns whenever I use a\u00a0chainsaw, or any power tool, really. It\u2019s empowerment, and it feels so good.<\/p>\n

– Meghann Carter, Conservation Specialist<\/a><\/p>\n

\"DSC_0084\"<\/a>Cody Sayers and\u00a0Meg Carter have represented NorthWoods and taught a chainsaw safety & handling workshops for the past three years at the annual Women Can Do Conference<\/a>.\u00a0This\u00a0yearly event at the Vermont Technical College in Randoph, VT\u00a0provides hands-on workshops to high school girls interested in trades and technical skills.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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