Long View Forestry is dedicated to offering a multitude of forestry services to private land owners throughout Nova Scotia to ensure the sustainability of their woodlot. We also offer residential services such as lot clearing, tree removal vegetation management and chipping.
Number of years in business | 1 |
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Number of employees | 1 |
Number of Services | 14 |
Certifications or Qualifications | 8 |
Location | Hants, Nova Scotia |
Website | http://www.longviewforestry.ca |
Payment Options | Cash,Cheque |
Woodlot owners who value wildlife and consider wildlife when planning silviculture and harvesting treatments should think about incorporating wildlife habitat management into their woodlot management plan. One can focus on managing for one or two species, or managing for several. Wildlife habitat management can include maintaining wildlife corridors, modifying silvicultural activities to decrease negative impacts on wildlife, leaving snags as nesting trees and downed woody debris for habitat, and putting up nesting boxes.
Counties: | Hants, Halifax, Cumberland, Colchester |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
Due to the ecological sensitivity of the riparian habitat along watercourses, it is very important that proper care be taken when planning and constructing watercourse crossings in a woodlot. Construction of these crossings should only be done by certified contractors, and needs to be approved by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment.
Counties: | Hants, Halifax, Cumberland, Colchester, Lunenburg |
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: | Hants, Halifax, Lunenburg, Cumberland, Colchester |
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: | Cumberland, Colchester, Hants, Halifax, Lunenburg |
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: | Halifax, Lunenburg, Hants, Colchester, Cumberland |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
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, Cumberland, Colchester, Hants, Halifax |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, under 5 acres, 5 to 10 acres |
Pruning is a minimally invasive method of improving the quality of crop trees in a stand. Lower limbs are removed manually from selected trees to decrease problematic knots in the lumber and make them easier to harvest later on.
Counties: | Colchester, Halifax, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Hants |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, under 5 acres, 5 to 10 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: | Colchester, Hants, Halifax, Cumberland, Lunenburg |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 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: | Cumberland, Colchester, Lunenburg, Hants, Halifax |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, 5 to 10 acres, under 5 acres |
In forest stands primarily made up of hardwood species, many owners/operators manage for harvesting firewood commercially or for private use.
Counties: | Lunenburg, Hants, Halifax, Colchester |
Lot Sizes: | under 5 acres, over 10 acres, 5 to 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: | Colchester, Lunenburg, Hants, Halifax, Cumberland |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, under 5 acres, 5 to 10 acres |
Specializing in managing for, harvesting, and trucking mature logs to sell to sawmills. This can include pulp and stud wood as well.
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Weeding refers to the trimming or removal of small, herbaceous plants in a stand, as well as non-crop tree species, which are competing with desirable tree species. Plants like raspberry bushes can out-compete seedlings and limit their access to nutrients, sunlight, and other necessary factors for growth.
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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: | Halifax, Cumberland, Colchester, Lunenburg, Hants |
Lot Sizes: | over 10 acres, under 5 acres, 5 to 10 acres |
This service provider prefers contact by email, please use the link below. longviewforestry@gmail.com
Company Name | Long View Forestry |
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Contact Name | Ryan Dickie |
Phone | (902) 880-0050 |
longviewforestry@gmail.com | |
Street | HORNE SETTLEMENT RD |
Town | Enfield |
County | Hants |
Province | Nova Scotia |
Postal Code | B2T1H3 |