Forest Operations
Forest Operations

 

Forest Operations

To develop and implement a good forest operations plan, you need to understand the forest ecosystem, the regulatory framework, and the desired economic, environmental and social outcomes. Timberline’s professional foresters, timber cruising specialists, harvest planners and forest engineers have the experience and training required to guide you through the planning and implementation process. We have nearly four decades of experience helping government, industry and First Nations clients accomplish their forest operations planning and development objectives across Canada. We are committed to meeting your planning needs on time and on budget; we understand the regulatory and legislative frameworks that define forest operations planning and development in your operations area, and we know how to design plans and programs that will satisfy regulatory approval objectives and meet your internal goals and objectives. We are able to address all levels of forest operations planning and development, from basic plans and operations for small woodlots through to complete cutting permit applications for large forest tenures, including annual operating plans and development plans. If you are charged with developing or revising regulatory frameworks, we have the experience and insights to help you through the process and develop optimal solutions for current and future social, environmental and economic goals and objectives.

Forest Operations Contacts

Al-Pac Woodlands …. Timberline Services (Planning)

For the past decade and a half, Al-Pac has relied on Timberline to develop Final Harvest Plans, Annual Operating Plans, 5-year General Development Plans and a 15-year Spatial Harvest Sequence for our 5.8 million hectare Forest Management Agreement area with an Annual Allowable Cut of 3.6 million cubic metres of deciduous and coniferous timber. Timberline also works with the Al-Pac team to plan and layout 12,000 hectares of harvest blocks, and their associated temporary roads annually, in addition to designing and locating class 1 to 3 permanent roads required to access the harvest units. This is all done employing the latest techniques, technologies and innovative approaches. Timberline helps us to develop private land harvest plans, integrated land management plans and integrated harvest plans with other forestry disposition holders. We are confident in their ability to deliver consistently high-quality and cost-effective planning, layout and consultation services, and to support us in our negotiations with other users and government agencies.

David Fox, RPFT
Planning Forester
Woodlands
Alberta - Pacific Forest Ind.
Boyle, A.B.