B. A. Blackwell Forestry Consultants
We are Canadian forestry consultants dedicated to providing high quality, cost-efficient professional forestry and environmental management services. We have diverse experience in a range of forest management disciplines and are at the forefront of Canadian forestry and forestry practice in BC.
Sustainable Forest Management
We have diverse experience in a range of forest management disciplines. Services include: Forest Fire Management, Forest Engineering, Silviculture, Bioenergy, Forest Health & Mountain Pine Beetle, Danger Tree and Windthrow Management, Timber Valuation, Forest Practices Audits, Forestry Research.
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Wildfires and Forest Fire Management
We have helped develop BC forest fire threat analysis and its application within various regions. Our Wildfire Risk Management System has been applied by local and regional governments, BC Parks, forest companies in BC and Alberta, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Alaska.
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Silviculture
Our silviculture services have an emphasis on stewardship, restoration ecology and sustainable forest management.
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Bioenergy
We recognize the growing value of the bioenergy in BC and have assisted clients and stakeholders in various capacities.
Forest Health & Mountain Pine Beetle
We have completed a comprehensive evaluation of BC Parks’ mountain pine beetle policy, and developed tree removal prescriptions for BC provincial parks. Our team has developed hazard and risk assessments and follow-up monitoring of mountain pine beetle, other bark beetles, defoliators and root disease in a variety of settings.
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Forest Ecology & Ecological Restoration
Our foundation is forest ecology. Our strength is the application of this knowledge to natural resource management and ecological restoration. We have planned and implemented ecological restoration activities for degraded ecosystems and environments across BC. We provide services in Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM), forest ecological assessment and forest ecosystem based management applications to support forest and environmental management and stewardship.
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Urban Forestry
Our staff’s knowledge and skills have been applied to all aspects of urban forestry, including tree assessments, tree maintenance and tree extractions performed by skilled, certified ISA Arborists.
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GIS & Cartography
Our leading-edge GIS department has wide-ranging capabilities in programming, GIS analysis, and cartography. We offers professional consulting and technical services in the areas of Digital Mapping, GIS Applications and Spatial Analysis.
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B.A. Blackwell & Associates Ltd. is based in North Vancouver and Williams Lake, BC. To learn more, read about us.
