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Les Jozsa’s latest wood carving to Pecs |
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Friday, 10 September 2010 19:36 |
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Leslie Jozsa, one of the original Sopron-UBC forestry graduates - who had spent his working life as a forestry research scientist in BC before retiring to pursue his passion, wood carving – is off to one of this year’s three designated European Cities of Culture, Pecs. Les (or Laci as he is known to friends) had been commissioned by the City of Seattle to do a West Coast carving to be donated to Seattle’s sister city Pecs on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the twinning of the two cities. The unveiling will take place in Pecs on September 23rd and will be attended by the US ambassador, H.E. Eleni Tsakopoulos as well as City of Pecs officials and a representative of the Canadian embassy.
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A career in quality: An interviewwith wood specialist Les Jozsa |
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In an interview conducted by extension specialist Don Gayton, senior British Columbia forester Les Jozsareflects on a long career working in the fields of wood quality, silviculture, and dendrochronology. Jozsa,now Research Scientist Emeritus with Forintek Canada, describes the importance of distilling scientificand technical forestry information into practical terms, and extending it to industry users. He also sum-marizes the history of the “Hungarian connection” to the Faculty of Forestry at the University of BritishColumbia.KEYWORDS: dendrochronology, history, wood production, wood quality, silviculture, University of BritishColumbia.Contact Information1 Ecosystem Management Specialist, FORREX–Forest Research Extension Partnership, PO Box 1013,Nelson, BC V1L 6A5. Email:
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 19:00 |
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