Associates
Bruce Blackwell,
M.Sc., RPF, R.P.Bio. - Principal
Bruce has more than 20 years experience as a Professional Forester and Biologist primarily focused in fire and forest ecology, silviculture, vegetation management, wildland/urban interface planning, forest policy and practice audits and reviews.
Bruce is considered a provincial expert in fire and fuels management and has managed numerous innovative projects related to fire risk identification and mitigation for both the public and private sector. He has provided expert opinion testimony and numerous interviews on the topic of wildfire in BC. Bruce assisted the Firestorm 2003 Review Team in the development of recommendations on forest management and policy to mitigate the risk of catastrophic fires in the wildland/urban interface of BC. He has also applied his expertise in developing numerous wildfire community protection plans and wildfire risk assessments, risk management systems, fuel treatment prescriptions, and fire management plans.
Bruce's silviculture experience includes preparation of silviculture and stand management prescriptions. He has extensive experience in the assessment and auditing of soil disturbance and has developed and delivered a comprehensive training package on the subject to coastal and interior clients. In addition, he has applied the biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification to ecosystem description and classification to a number of studies related to forest productivity and forest succession.
Bruce has an extensive background in forest management policy development, strategic planning, management and research with over 25 published and peer reviewed reports to his credit.
Bob Green,
M.Sc., RPF, R.P.Bio.
Bob has over 30 years experience in the field of forest ecology and its application to forest management. He has played a key role in the development of the provincial biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification system, including developing methodologies for data collection and processing, deriving and refining the classification at local and regional levels, and preparing ecosystem-based management interpretations. He is a specialist in terrestrial ecosystem mapping (TEM), and has mapped more than 2.25 million hectares of coastal BC since 1996, developing innovative methods for conducting cost-effective, high quality mapping over large areas.
Bob has focused on the management value of TEM data, and has developed a number of applications from landscape-level forestry planning to municipal park planning. These include site index adjustment for forest-level yield analysis, operability and trafficability analysis, landscape-level tree species suitability and fertilization planning. Recently he has designed applications focusing on ecosystem-based management, including identification of sensitive ecosystems, mapping habitats for species at risk, and ecosystem restoration planning.
Bob has extensive experience in training operational staff in applying ecological principles to forestry decision-making, and has frequently provided advice on complex forest management issues. He has also planned and conducted all phases of research studies related to forest productivity and ecological factors, site preparation, and high elevation reforestation.
Jeff McWilliams,
B.S.F., RPF
Jeff has more than 20 years experience in forest resource management and wood processing operations, both as a consultant and in private enterprise. His main areas of expertise are in silviculture practices and operational planning audits, silviculture and stand management prescriptions, management of silviculture operations, strategic assessment and planning for various forest resource applications.
As a consultant Jeff has specialized in auditing of industry and government forest operations as well as operational planning and management. He offers sound management solutions in the way of Quality Assurance and Quality Control programs and processes.
Previously, as an operational forester with International Forest Products Ltd., Jeff was responsible for planning and implementing all phases of a major industrial silvicultural program, including planting, silviculture surveys, slashburning, spacing, pruning, vegetation management, and silviculture prescriptions. Working for a large coastal sawmill, he acquired experience in log purchasing, byproducts sales and the supervision of all phases of operation of a sawmill and planer.
Jeff also has extensive experience in developing Type 1 and Type 2 Silviculture Strategies. He has technical expertise in developing silviculture and stand management prescriptions and has prepared an SP workshop for a coastal client. Jeff has also completed soil disturbance and access occupancy surveys and has delivered soil conservation workshops to operational forestry staff.
Jane Perry,
B.Sc.F., RPF
Jane is a part-time associate in the Williams Lake office for B.A. Blackwell & Associates. Jane brings 30 years of experience from the Forest Service in silviculture, research and program management, and from consulting, mainly as a facilitator and technical writer. She holds a Bachelor degree in forestry and was an early graduate of the Silviculture Institute of BC. Jane enjoys contributing to different professional and community committees and is a past president of the Association of BC Forest Professionals.
