Our foundation is forest ecology.
Our strength is the application of this knowledge to forest management.

 

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Auditing Services

  • Silviculture and Stand Management Prescriptions: conduct Forest Practices Code compliance audits and reviews of SP's and SMP's.
  • Silviculture Practices: perform Forest Practices Code compliance audits and reviews of silviculture practices including site preparation, planting, brushing, weeding, and stand tending treatments. The firm retains the services of Certified Soil Disturbance Surveyors who specialize in the detailed assessment of soil disturbance, forest floor displacement, and permanent and temporary site occupancy.
  • Regeneration delay and free growing obligations: conduct Forest Practices Code compliance audits and reviews of basic silvicultural obligations.
  • Silviculture program reviews: perform comprehensive evaluations of major licencees' or small business' silviculture programs including organizational structures, information systems and management of liabilities and risks. The firm specializes in recommending solutions and improvements to identified problems.

Recent Work

  • FIA performance audit of terrestrial ecosystem mapping of the Queen Charlotte Islands TSA for Husby Forest Products Ltd. in conjunction with PriceWaterhouse Coopers
  • FIA audits of West Fraser Timber and Slocan Forest Products in conjunction with PriceWaterhouse Coopers.
  • Internal audits of operational planning and silviculture practices for MacMillan Bloedel's Port McNeill, Clayoquot and Stillwater Divisions in conjunction with Price Waterhouse Coopers
  • Forest Practices Board compliance audit of silviculture practices in the Port McNeill Forest District, SBFEP
  • Soil Disturbance Audit for Port McNeill Forest District, SBFEP
  • Silviculture Prescription audits of selected blocks within Rustad Bros. Co.'s Prince George Forest Licence
  • Basic Silviculture Audits for the Sunshine Coast Forest District
  • Preparation and testing of draft silviculture audit protocols for the Forest Practices Board, in conjunction with KPMG
  • FPCA Compliance Reviews of SP's and silviculture practices for selected cutblocks of the SBFEP in the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Sunshine Coast Forest Districts
  • Assessment of coastal stream identification and classification and the impacts of logging on streams and riparian habitat, as a member of the 1997 Riparian Areas Special Investigation Team
  • Site Disturbance/Degradation Audits of the SBFEP for the Vancouver Forest Region
  • Review of SP suitability and assessment of site degradation in the Eldred River Valley, Sunshine Coast Forest District
  • Evaluation of site degradation on 1991-1993 harvesting units within the Greater Victoria Water District
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