Our approach to the business is one that takes the environment into consideration first and foremost. We strive to satisfy our clients requirements with professionalism,safety as well as efficiency.Our companys goal is to practice environmentally friendly, sustainable, low impact forestry for land owners, home owners and developers.
Number of years in business | 1 |
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Number of employees | 3 |
Number of Services | 13 |
Certifications or Qualifications | 4 |
Location | Hants, Nova Scotia |
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Payment Options | Cash,Cheque |
Selection harvesting is a treatment used in uneven-aged forest management in which either single trees or small groups of trees are harvested at a time. The goal is to maintain the canopy of a forest stand while still being able to continually harvest timber. This is done by diversifying tree age classes, encouraging regeneration, and leaving some of the best trees as seed trees.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
Precommercial thinning (PCT) is done in overstocked stands of younger trees to free up space and resources for selected trees and improve overall stand quality. PCT treatments are done in both natural stands and plantations. The goal is to remove less desirable trees (like non-crop species, or damaged and diseased trees) as well as create appropriate spacing in the stand for healthy, higher quality trees to grow. PCT work is generally done manually with clearing or thinning saws.
Counties: | Annapolis, Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres |
Characterized by removing the forest cover from an area where a land use change is desired by the owner, such as conversion to agricultural, commercial, or residential land. This can include removal of all forest vegetation, stumps, debris, and sometimes top soil.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
Specializing in managing for, harvesting, and trucking mature logs to sell to sawmills. This can include pulp and stud wood as well.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres |
Mechanical site preparation is often used after clearcut or partial cut treatments to prepare the ground for planting or natural regeneration. Seedlings need certain conditions to grow properly, and large machinery can sometimes be used to create or encourage the desired conditions.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | 5 to 10 acres |
A commercial harvest is completed with the goal of harvesting and selling the final timber product (saw logs, etc.). It is the final stage in commercial forest management, taking place several years after precommercial thinning and commercial thinning treatments.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
This treatment is used to promote the growth of desirable crop trees. The trees around selected crop trees are thinned out to allow the more desirable trees more space and nutrients, which in turn can increase the health and future value of the stand.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres |
Ideal for middle-aged stands, commercial thinning removes some of the more mature trees to allow room for others to grow, and to open up the canopy for regeneration. The trees removed are often those that are: damaged or diseased; growing too close to desirable trees; or less desirable species.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
Knowing where your boundaries are is an important step in woodlot management. Contractors will often mark woodlot boundaries by using flagging tape or painting blazes on trees along the boundary lines and removing brush from the lines to promote line visibility.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
Arborists or arboriculturists are urban tree maintenance and care professionals. They focus on managing and cultivating individual trees and shrubs in an urban setting to promote the health and safety of the plants and public. Services often provided by an arborist include: pruning, planting, removal, and emergency tree care.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
Having a woodlot map makes planning silvicultural treatments easier and gives you a better idea of what you have in your woodlot. Woodlot mapping is often done by a registered professional forester when developing a woodlot management plan, though it can be created on its own. A woodlot map shows where your boundary lines are and generally displays the different stands existing on your woodlot. Aerial photos can be useful to include with woodlot maps.
Counties: | Yarmouth, Victoria, Shelburne, Richmond, Queens, Pictou, Lunenburg, Kings, Inverness, Hants, Halifax, Guysborough, Digby, Cumberland, Colchester, Cape Breton, Antigonish, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
Tree removal generally refers to the removal of a single tree or very small group of trees, often in an urban setting, that is/are causing safety concerns or is/are diseased, dying, or dead. Tree removal is a service offered by arborists.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
Silvicultural contractors provide a variety of woodlot management services, not just harvesting. These can include selection harvesting, thinning, road building, wildlife management, management planning, boundary line work, and many others.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Kings, Hants, Halifax, Annapolis |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
This service provider prefers contact by telephone, please call (902) 798-1010.
Company Name | Avon Ridge Forestry Services |
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Contact Name | Paul MacDonald |
Phone | (902) 798-1010 |
avonridgeforestry@gmail.com | |
Street | Falmouth Back Road |
Town | Upper Falmouth |
County | Hants |
Province | Nova Scotia |
Postal Code | B0P 1L0 |