Forest
Floor Contracting Ltd. is a fully integrated forest consulting
company with offices located in Vanderhoof and Penticton.
Since 1986, the company has provided quality consulting services
to private and public sector clientèle throughout north
central British Columbia. We employ six full-time and two
part-time personnel including: a registered
professional forester, a registered forest technologist, a
GIS mapping specialist, a forest technician, two field assistants
and two clerical staff.
Our Consulting Services
During the past twenty years, Forest Floor Contracting
Ltd. has provided consulting services including:
- Forest development planning for forest licenses, Timber Sale
Licenses, Woodlot Licenses, Non-Replaceable Forest Licenses
and Salvage Non-Replaceable Forest Licenses
- Timber multiphase activities, timber recognizance, block and
road layout&design, GPS traversing, site plan development,
timber cruising, riparian assessments and all associated reports
and maps
- Timber volume estimates and market valuations for private
landowners
- Beetle management including initial detection, harvest layout,
cutting permit and road permit applications, silviculture site
plans, management prescriptions and all required maps/documents
- Post-harvest inspections for all license types including residue&waste
assessments
- All electronic submissions (includes RESULTS) into provincial
FTA data base
- Genus data management including tabular and spatial requirements
- Forest development activities related to oil and gas exploration
- Silviculture surveys (even aged and multi-layered) from initial
stocking through to free-growing including all treatment prescriptions,
summary reports and associated maps
- Planting implementation activities on projects of all sizes
- Implementation of all stand tending activities
- GIS and Microstation mapping services
- Full stumpage appraisal using ECAS system
Forest Floor Contracting Ltd. has developed a strong team consisting
of well trained forest management personnel with one hundred and
sixty years of combined expertise. The company's commitment
to improve on methodologies and to utilize new technology has
helped Forest Floor Contracting Ltd. maintain a competitive edge
within the consulting industry.