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Alberta

ACE Vegetation Service provides the utility, forestry and oil and gas industries with professional vegetation management services.

Bushmen Enterprises Ltd. - Bushmen was established in December, 1997 as a simple two man operation, focusing on the professional Silviculture market within Alberta. We have evolved to become a successful, competitive company performing a wide range of forestry duties. Today Bushmen employs professional Foresters and Technicians based in Slave Lake and Spruce Grove, Alberta.

Coast to Coast Reforestation Inc. is Alberta's largest producer of container and bareroot tree seedlings. With seven nurseries and five freezer storage facilities spread across the province we are able to supply our clients across Canada and the U.S. with everything they need. With a full time forester on staff, Coast to Coast Reforestation Inc. also offers full silviculture services and expert advice with any difficulties you may be experiencing in the field.

Folklore Contracting Ltd. is intent on building lasting relationships with both its clients and employees. By creating an environment in which our employees become safe and productive, we strive for complete customer satisfaction.

K&C Silviculture - Our business is growing and delivering seedlings on contract to local, national and international clients for use in reforestation, reclamation & restoration.

Next Generation Reforestation Ltd. was established in 1984 by Cathy Newhook and Gordon Sheepwash. With over 25 years of reforestation expertise each, and a deep appreciation of the importance of forest management, Cathy and Gordon are dedicated to providing quality silviculture services.

Outland Reforestation Inc. has been planting trees in Canada since 1985. All of Outland’s current management started out as tree planters. We have grown based on our success in the field and now plant about half of all the trees planted in Ontario and Alberta.

Pacific Regeneration Technologies provides quality nursery products and services for reforestation through it's network of nurseries. By working closely with our customers, we gain a full understanding of their seedling requirements. Services include seed processing and specialized seed treatments, forest seedling and native plant production, quality testing, cold storage, shipping, and regeneration assessment and enhancement.

Reclaimit, Alberta’s industry-leader in habitat rehabilitation for the oil and gas sector. Reclaimit gives you the experience and qualifications to meet the tough, new provincial standards for environmental protection, reforestation, land reclamation, and restoration. We give you proven sustainability, allowing your company to continue its operations in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Seneca Enterprises Ltd. contracts reforestation and wildland fire services throughout British Columbia and Alberta. Seneca was established in 1984 and since then has planted roughly 145 million seedlings and fought on over 50 wildland fires.

Spectrum Resource Group Inc. is dedicated to the health of our forests, cities, rural communities and our environment. Since 1986 we have pioneered many new processes in the forest industry and serviced clientele throughout the province of British Columbia, into Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the N.W.T.

Terra Landscaping Ltd. provides professional services in the Arboriculture and Reclamation field.

Tsuga Forestry - as our name suggests, is a forestry contracting company. We plant roughly 20 million trees a year in Northern Alberta and B.C. We also do silviculture site preparation (primarily excavator mounding), surveying, and GPS work.

Wildwood Reforestation - a reforestation company working in Northern Alberta since the early 1990's.

British Columbia

A & G Reforestation - Akehurst and Giltrap Reforestation was formed in March 1997 following the dissolution of Oliver and Giltrap Reforestation. Chris Akehurst and Graeme Giltrap are the principals of the company. Both have been in the reforestation business since 1975 and bring their considerable experience to this company.

Arbutus Grove Nursery Ltd. is a modern greenhouse/nursery facility located on the Saanich Peninsula on southern Vancouver Island. The company's main activity is the production of quality forestry planting stock grown from seed and from rooted cuttings. Clients include: nurseries, woodlot owners, Xmas tree growers, forest companies and governments in Western Canada and the U.S.

Artisan Reforestation is a silviculture company based out of Fort S. James, British Columbia, with contracts spanning the region. Keeping to its motto of “Handcrafting Future Forests,” Artisan takes pride in delivering quality services to the forestry industry and employs a progressive working environment for its planters.

B.A. Blackwell & Associates Ltd. was established in 1989 to provide integrated forestry consulting services to both government and private sector clients. The firm is based in North Vancouver and consists of four professional associates and four technical staff.

Backwoods Contracting Ltd. - a reforestation company working in British Columbia.

Big Sky Silviculture Ltd. aims to be the premier treeplanting company in British Columbia's interior. This organization continuously strives to achieve the highest standards in planting quality, safety, and professionalism.

Bivouac West Contracting Ltd. was established in 1993 by Roland Emery to serve the forest industry in the Western Region of Canada. We are based in Alert Bay, B.C., at the North end of Vancouver Island. Our work is located mostly on the coastal mainland and Vancouver Island.

Blue Collar Silviculture started operations in Quesnel in 1983. Last season was the first under the new ownership. Mark Courtney, the current owner lives in Quesnel and has been involved with the company since 1989.

Brinkman & Associates is Canada's oldest and foremost reforestation company. During 2001, its 32nd operating year, the privately-owned company celebrated its 600 millionth tree planted. BARL is recognized as a leader and innovator throughout the forest industry. The underlying approaches to BARL's Silviculture and restoration services are based on ecologically-sound practices.

British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range - Nursery Services Section is responsible for ensuring a supply of seedlings for the reforestation of Crown Lands administered and replanted by the Ministry of Forests.

Celtic Reforestation Services is a Prince George based, full service silviculture company with operations throughout B.C. Activities take place ranging from projects on Vancouver Island and the South Coast through to the interior of British Columbia.

Founded in 1973, Coast Range Contracting is one of the first tree-planting companies to begin operations in Canada. Coast Range Contracting is a BC-owned and operated company: a small company, with a renewed focus on providing the best possible services to both our workers and our clients.

Kel-Dam Silviculture Limited is a diverse contracting company offering a wide range of services to Forestry companies, the provincial government in BC, and for private land owners in the Kamloops Region. We are an experienced wildfire fighting contracting company. Our crews, vehicles and equipment are called into service every summer throughout the province of British Columbia.

DJ Silviculture Enterprises Ltd. is a full service Integrated Vegetation Management, consulting and contracting company. We started working in Integrated Vegetation Management in 1984, since our incorporation in British Columbia in 1988 we have provided our professional services for several companies in the Forestry and Utility sector as well as some of the Ministry agencies, our office is located in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia and our work is conducted primarily in western Canada.

Dynamic Reforestation Limited is an energetic and enthusiastic group of recognised supervisors, foremen, and planters. What we see for the future is simply returning to the philosophy of getting back to the basics of this industry. Create relationships. Keep things small enough to take care of those relationships properly and effectively.

Fandrich Cone Harvesters - Fandrich aerial cone rakes rapidly collect cones from the top of trees, where the best cones grow. Fandrich aerial grapples clean creeks and move material at 80-120 loads per hour.

Folklore Contracting Ltd. is intent on building lasting relationships with both its clients and employees. By creating an environment in which our employees become safe and productive, we strive for complete customer satisfaction.

The Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact (GLFFC) is made up of 3 U.S. States and 2 Canadian Provincial Natural Resources agencies. They have created a formal association in order to promote effective prevention, pre-suppression and control of forest fires in the Great Lakes Region of the United States and adjacent areas of Canada.

Hybrid 17 Treeplanting - A small silviculture contracting company in northern B.C. Operating since 1987, Hybrid 17 performs treeplanting, brushcutting, and silviculture surveys.

Since 1971, Interior Reforestation has provided its clients with a diverse range of land reclamation, revegetation, reforestation and natural resource consulting and contracting services. Interior Reforestation's primary focus is to provide our clients with quality products and services through our people, professionalism and innovative approach to problem solving.

K&C Silviculture - Our business is growing and delivering seedlings on contract to local, national and international clients for use in reforestation, reclamation & restoration.

Khowutzun Forest Services is owned by the Cowichan Tribes, the largest band in BC, with a population of more than 3,800 community members. The traditional ancestral Cowichan territory is in and around the city of Duncan, B.C.

Nata Reforestation and Management was birthed out of a vision to provide the silviculture industry with quality people who do quality work. Nata must profit to exist, but we will not exist merely to profit. Nata Reforestation is committed to diligently replenishing and sustaining forestry resources so that we can assist others. We know that people are our greatest resource.

Nechako Reforestation Services- a reforestation company working in Northern British Columbia.

Pacific Regeneration Technologies provides quality nursery products and services for reforestation through it's network of nurseries. By working closely with our customers, we gain a full understanding of their seedling requirements. Services include seed processing and specialized seed treatments, forest seedling and native plant production, quality testing, cold storage, shipping, and regeneration assessment and enhancement.

The Planting Company was established in 2000 and was created from a division of Shuswap Silvics Ltd (est. 1987). The Planting Company can provide up to 70 people for tree planting services in Alberta from April through August. Smaller crews are also available at any time. The Planting Company has extensive experience with difficult access and fly in projects.

Quastuco Silviculture Ltd. was established in 1991. We are a multi-dimensional forestry based business operating out of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Projects include: general consulting services, tree planting, and GPS services.

Rock Reforestation Ltd. is a small family based tree planting company owned and operated by Rod And Deborah Reimer of Dunster B.C. Most of their work is done in the Robson Valley of B.C. (McBride - Valemount area).

Ruff's Greenhouses is one of British Columbia's foremost producers of trees. Located in Prince George, next to the Prince George Airport.

Seneca Enterprises Ltd. contracts reforestation and wildland fire services throughout British Columbia and Alberta. Seneca was established in 1984 and since then has planted roughly 145 million seedlings and fought on over 50 wildland fires.

Shas Mountain is a silviculture company based in Fort St James BC. We employ a staff of 30 experienced planters and brushers each season, planting up to 3 million trees each year. Quality and experience is what makes us different from the rest. We are small enough to have the ability to do specialized contracts and big enough to handle muli million tree contracts as well.

Spectrum Resource Group Inc. is dedicated to the health of our forests, cities, rural communities and our environment. Since 1986 we have pioneered many new processes in the forest industry and serviced clientele throughout the province of British Columbia, into Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the N.W.T.

Summit Reforestation & Forest Management is a company that provides a low risk, high value option for your tree planting requirements.

Sylvan Vale Nursery Ltd. produces 8 million high quality forest seedlings annually. Among our other services, we also offer on site seed stratification, cold storage, and a delivery service.

Tsuga Forestry - as our name suggests, is a forestry contracting company. We plant roughly 20 million trees a year in Northern Alberta and B.C. We also do silviculture site preparation (primarily excavator mounding), surveying, and GPS work.

Twisted Tree Productions - This web space is intended to promote Canadian reforestation practices, knowledge, products and services world wide and to provide the means for individuals to take action in shaping and contributing to the evolution of the best reforestation program in the world.

West-NorthWest Forestry Ltd. was founded 11 years ago by Tim C. Van Horlick. The company owns numerous patents on the VH Mulcher, and is becoming well known as an industry leader in site preparation methods. The VH Mulcher itself is being used worldwide and has received acclamation from numerous organizations.

Western Silvicultural Contractors' Association - Since 1984 the WSCA has represented the silvicultural contracting industry to both federal and provincial governments on forest policy, industry regulation, and health and safety. Our members include treeplanting, stand tending, wildfire fighting, site preparation and ecosystem restoration contractors.

Zanzibar is a company of 100 people who plant trees and tend the forests of British Columbia Canada. We have been involved in most aspects of forestry and silviculture for the last 25 years. Our strength lies in creative, cost effective, solutions that are field practical .

Manitoba

Pineland Forest Nursery specializes in providing high quality customized seedlings for silviculture.

Spectrum Resource Group Inc. is dedicated to the health of our forests, cities, rural communities and our environment. Since 1986 we have pioneered many new processes in the forest industry and serviced clientele throughout the province of British Columbia, into Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the N.W.T.

New Brunswick

Forest Protection Limited (FPL) is an aerial forest protection company with offices located at the Fredericton and Miramichi airports in New Brunswick, Canada. From its beginnings in 1952 through to today, the mandate of FPL has always been to protect forests. We provide our clients various services and aircraft for fire management, vegetation management, pest management and aerial surveys and inspections of all kind.

SoftTouch Forestry is Atlantic Canada's most complete land management company.

Newfoundland and Labrador

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Nova Scotia

Athol Forestry Cooperative Limited is one of 16 group ventures in the Province of Nova Scotia, providing woodlot management and marketing services to private woodlot owners in Western Cumberland County and part of Colchester County. With 197 members, the Cooperative manages 280 woodlots covering approximately 40,000 acres, with a Forest Improvement value in Cumberland County of over $5,000,000.00

Coastal Trilling Reforestation is a full service silviculture company established in 2003. Established primary as a reforestation or 'tree planting company', Coastal Trilling was the first company in the province to adopt a ‘Western-style’ philosophy using spade shovels and ATVs for tree deliveries. The company is headquartered in Halifax and operates silviculture camps out of three main locations- Wolfville, Halifax and Parrsboro .

Ontario

A&M Reforestation has been well established since 1983. This makes us one of the oldest, and most experienced planting companies in the province. For over 20 years, our members have planted over 100 million trees and we have remained a family owned and operated business all along.

Since 1984, when Dorsey Contracting Inc. was incorporated, we have planted over 80 million trees. Dorsey Contracting has extensive experience at working out of remote camps, accessible only by helicopter, track machine, or barge/boat. Constantly diversifying, Dorsey Contracting has also done several Site Preparation and thinning or brushing contracts.

Ferguson Forest Centre - is a not for profit corporation which grows both Bareroot and container tree seedling stock. We have between 40 and 50 different species of conifer, hardwood and shrub species on any given year depending on availability of seed. Most of our seed is collected from eastern Ontario. We grow seedling both on spec. and by contract.

ForestCare Corp grows stocky, healthy and well-rooted trees designed for excellent field survival and which achieve free to grow status in the shortest time. The ForestCare Corp team believes that clients want a production and service team that they can trust, that know their business of growing trees, and are problem solvers. We as a team will work together to ensure a professional, respectful, caring, positive and problem solving attitude toward our clients and ourselves.

Haveman Brothers Forestry Services is a long standing provider of services to Industry, Government, Private Landowners and the community. HBFS prides itself on quality work done by well trained and capable field crews. These workers and supervisors are supported by an office staff that works together to ensure a job well done that meets a client’s specific needs.

Kings Creek Trees was established as a tree nursery in 2001, by proprietors Sue and Tim Dyer. Sue had been working in the technology sector as an Engineering Director while Tim worked as a Product Support Manager/technical specialist for a major agricultural equipment manufacturer. Over the years, Sue and Tim learned vital information in all areas of conifer horticulture and this prepared them well for their long-term goal of operating a choose-and-cut and wholesale Christmas tree farm.

Millson Forestry Service- The year 2004 marks Millson Forestry Service's 25th year in the Silvicutural industry. We are driven by our great respect for the forests and our desire to learn more about the trees. Our operations include all aspects of forestry. Many consider harvesting to be the start of forest management. At Millson, we believe that a well planned approach to the life cycle of fibre management has no beginning and no end. All segments of the forest industry are equally important to properly maintain the never ending management planning cycle.

Moose Creek Reforestation has been in the tree planting business since 1984. It is a modest family owned and operated company that is different from most. In addition to running a successful reforestation operation, the Skene family has been involved in other aspects of forestry for over 100 years. This initially began as logging and sawmilling but has recently involved lumber retail.

Outland Reforestation Inc. has been planting trees in Canada since 1985. All of Outland’s current management started out as tree planters. We have grown based on our success in the field and now plant about half of all the trees planted in Ontario and Alberta.

Pacific Regeneration Technologies provides quality nursery products and services for reforestation through it's network of nurseries. By working closely with our customers, we gain a full understanding of their seedling requirements. Services include seed processing and specialized seed treatments, forest seedling and native plant production, quality testing, cold storage, shipping, and regeneration assessment and enhancement.

REGEN FORESTRY is a natural resource based/forestry consulting company that was established in 1998. We are owned and operated by Lakehead University graduates in the field of Forestry. Over the past 7 years we have accomplished many projects for private and public agencies as well as individual landowners.

Richardson's Pineneedle Farms - We are one of Canada's leading suppliers, specializing in Deciduous and Evergreen Seedlings and transplants, native plants, shade trees and fruit trees. We are also a major supplier of evergreen specimens and flowering shrubs.

Thunderhouse Forest Services Inc. is a full service forestry consulting and silvicultural contracting firm based in Hearst, Ontario. Over the past ten years, Thunderhouse has grown and diversified from tree planting to forest tending, thinning, harvest layout, GIS and GPS services, forest inventory development, forest management support and private land forestry. Thunderhouse's strength lies in its people.

Treeline Reforestation Inc. - Treeline Reforestation Inc. is an Ottawa based company which has planted over 35 million trees in Northern Ontario since 1989. Our most recent seasons have consisted of : 3 million seedlings in 1997, 4 million seedlings in 1998, 4 million seedlings in the spring of 1999, and 1 million seedlings in the fall of 1999. 2000 marks the fourth year that Treeline will be planting for the Timiskaming Forest Alliance Inc. in Northeastern Ontario.

Wilderness Reforestation - Since 1986 we have become a leader in the silviculture industry in Ontario. The Wilderness team has developed a versatile, well balanced company capable of managing a wide range of projects in a professional and competent manner.

Zizania Reforestation brings over 10 years of experience to the task of breathing new life into Canada's forests. Each spring we witness the best and worst of Mother Nature while still planting about 1.5 million trees. We see many benefits resulting from the modest size of our operation, the most significant being the close proximity of planter to management, ensuring that nobody is just a number.

Prince Edward Island

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Quebec

Bechedor Inc. - Created in 1982, Bechedor Inc. produces annually 10 million seedlings. Since our beginnings, we have delivered over 100 millions seedlings to reforestation companies, lot owners, Government of Québec and Christmas tree growers.

The Groupement Forestier de Dorchester Inc. is a sylviculture contractor in Quebec. We operate in Quebec, Maritimes and New England.

Société d’Exploitation Sylvicole de Rousseau Inc. - Créée en 1974, la Société d’Exploitation Sylvicole de Rousseau Inc. est une compagnie d’aménagement forestier en forêt privée et publique, qui procure de l’emploi à environ 100 personnes en période estivale et qui s’implique aussi au niveau municipal.

Saskatchewan

Pacific Regeneration Technologies provides quality nursery products and services for reforestation through it's network of nurseries. By working closely with our customers, we gain a full understanding of their seedling requirements. Services include seed processing and specialized seed treatments, forest seedling and native plant production, quality testing, cold storage, shipping, and regeneration assessment and enhancement.

Spectrum Resource Group Inc. is dedicated to the health of our forests, cities, rural communities and our environment. Since 1986 we have pioneered many new processes in the forest industry and serviced clientele throughout the province of British Columbia, into Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the N.W.T.

Yukon

Spectrum Resource Group Inc. is dedicated to the health of our forests, cities, rural communities and our environment. Since 1986 we have pioneered many new processes in the forest industry and serviced clientele throughout the province of British Columbia, into Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the N.W.T.