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By Silvacom on August 31, 2023

Forest fires are an important driving force in forest structure, composition, and merchantability. Effective forest management planning is essential for mitigating the impacts of wildfires so that forest managers can protect their forest resource and its users. Silvacom specializes in providing comprehensive programs to help forest managers plan and adapt to wildfire in the short and long term.


Cat Fauvelle
By Cat Fauvelle on August 24, 2023

Drones, or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems), are aircraft without onboard pilots, crews, or passengers. Initially developed for military use, they have become extremely popular over the last decade.

New drone models and applications are consistently being developed and advertised for photography, stunt racing, and surveillance.   


Cat Fauvelle
By Cat Fauvelle on May 12, 2023

Forestry companies strive to manage their forests to ensure their health and longevity, but this can be a challenge when taking into account factors that transcend management area boundaries. 

One key factor that forest managers must consider is the detection, management, and control of pest outbreaks. Pests such as mountain pine beetle, spruce budworm, and emerald ash borer occur at varying rates in forests across Canada and can decimate tree populations, moving from forest stand to forest stand and leaving dead, damaged, and unmerchantable trees in their wake. Early detection is critical to the control and management of pest outbreaks in our forests.

Silvacom's Approach to Pest Management 

Read on to discover how Silvacom utilizes remote sensing technology, careful planning processes, and expert analysis to assist forestry companies in detecting, controlling, and managing pest outbreaks in Canadian forests. 



Adrian Smith
By Adrian Smith on December 14, 2021

Across Canada, there is a need to verify the long-term sustainability of forest management plans. This has typically required planners to demonstrate that their forest management plans provide long-term and steady fibre supply while complying with various fibre and non-fibre constraints over a projected planning horizon of between 100 to 200 years. While this is often done aspatially (without consideration to spatial planning constraints or harvest block scheduling) many planners are beginning to plan using spatial models to both comply with provincial regulations and improve planning efficiency. This begs the question: what is spatial modelling and how do planners make the conceptual jump from aspatial to spatial modelling during forest management planning?


Libby Price, B.Econ, MEM, EP
By Libby Price, B.Econ, MEM, EP on October 02, 2018

Wildfires are a natural part of Canada's wildland ecosystem and play an integral role in nature. They recycle nutrients, regenerate the forest and create diverse vegetation that provides wildlife habitat.


Libby Price, B.Econ, MEM, EP
By Libby Price, B.Econ, MEM, EP on June 29, 2018

Forests provide society with many beneficial ecosystem services, including wood products, biodiversity, fresh water, recreation and carbon storage.


Toni Anderson, BBA, MScF, EP
By Toni Anderson, BBA, MScF, EP on January 18, 2018

An estimated 150,000 km of legacy seismic lines across Alberta will require some type of intervention to be placed on a trajectory to full recovery.


Toni Anderson, BBA, MScF, EP
By Toni Anderson, BBA, MScF, EP on June 20, 2017

 

Natural Capital Symposium

The purpose of the Natural Capital Symposium is to bring together Natural Capital thought leaders from around the globe to review their natural capital approaches, share new ideas, and address gaps and barriers.


Toni Anderson, BBA, MScF, EP
By Toni Anderson, BBA, MScF, EP on May 03, 2017

In recent years, there have been ongoing improvements in resource exploration techniques that have allowed for faster recovery of the impacted forest. 


Toni Anderson, BBA, MScF, EP
By Toni Anderson, BBA, MScF, EP on January 03, 2017

Monitoring programs provide us with valuable information to help assess the various innovative linear restoration techniques we have trialled and their effectiveness at achieving desired ecological outcomes including improving undisturbed caribou habitat.


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