Janet Lane. Submitted by FPAC
The Forest Products Association of Canada has recognized Dryden’s Janet Lane.
She is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award for exceptional, sustained and significant contributions to the forest industry.
Lane moved to Dryden to take the position of Enhanced Forest Management Leader and retired from Domtar in June as Sustainable Forestry Team Leader after 36 years in the profession.
She says forests have always been part of her life, noting she grew up sliding down a sawdust pile and mingling with bush workers at her family sawmill near Slave Lake, Alberta.
Lane adds she then picked white spruce cones for Christmas money with her family and then tree planting for seven years.
After graduating from the University of Alberta with a BSc, she went to work for the Alberta Forest Services as a Research Forester before moving on to Weyerhaeuser as a silviculture forester and Renewal Manager.
She then moved to Armstrong, B.C. as Renewal Coordinator before transferring to Dryden.
Lane adds its been a privilege to work a meaningful profession that strives to meet society’s needs while maintaining ecological balance.
FPAC President and CEO Derek Nighbor says the unwavering vision and leadership of Lane over the course of her career has been an inspiration to the companies and individuals that were fortunate to work with her.
