Member Logo Cariboo Forest Consultants Ltd.
Michael McKinnon, RPF RPBio

Phone: (250) 992-6668
Fax: (250) 992-7029
Email: mmckinnon@cfcbc.com
335 Vaughn Street P.O. Box 4629
Quesnel
British Columbia
Canada
V2J 3J8


History of Firm Cariboo Forest Consultants Ltd. has supplied quality forest management services throughout the central and northern interior of B .C. for over 25 years. We have successfully completed many full-service projects for large industrial clients as well as for the Ministry of Forests. Our staff includes Registered Professional Foresters, Forest Technicians, and experienced support personnel.

Officers and Staff Michael L. McKinnon, RPBio, RPF - President Steve Curtis, RPF - Vice-president Partners: Trevor Poole, RFT Paul Galliazzo, RPF Steve Brown

Principal Fields
  • Certified Wildlife / Danger Tree Assessors
  • Community / Demonstration Forests
  • Cruising and Inventory Services
  • Fire Hazard Assessments
  • Forest Practices Auditing
  • Forest Ecology
  • Forest Engineering
  • Forest Health (Pathology)
  • Forest Health (Entomology)
  • Forest Protection (fire)
  • GIS Services
  • GPS Services
  • Land Use and Landscape Planning
  • Log Scaling
  • Logging Supervision / Contracting
  • Residue and Waste Surveys
  • Road and Bridge Construction / Supervision
  • BCTS License Administration
  • Silviculture Operations
  • Silviculture Surveys and Plans
  • Site and Soils Assessment
  • Pre-Harvest Planning
  • Timberland Valuation
  • Watershed Assessments
  • Wildlife Assessments
  • First Nations Joint Ventures
  • Forest Education / Public Awareness
  • Forest Management & Planning
  • Forestry Extension & Training
  • Fuel Modification and Protection Plans
  • Woodlot Management

Special Services TIMBER PLANNING FTA/RESULTS/ABR electronic submission. Forest licence/TFL forest stewardship plans and management plans. Private timber land management and valuation (corporate and individual clients) Silviculture prescriptions / Site Plans, cutting permit and road permit preparation. Forest health/beetle surveys (aerial and ground surveys). Road and block layout and GPS traversing Timber cruising and compilations. MOF standard appraisals. INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Visual Impact Assessments (VIA) and Visual Landscape Inventory Wildlife/Danger Tree Assessments Culturally Modified Tree Assessments INVENTORY Inventory audit sampling Woodlot forest cover inventory Specialized projects (i.e. Old Growth Site Index) WOODLOT MANAGEMENT Management Plans and Forest Development Plans Cutting permits Woodlot AAC calculations Boundary establishment Electronic submissions SILVICULTURE Development of Stand Management Prescriptions Silviculture surveys (plantability, stocking, free-growing and pre-stand tending) Project management for silviculture operations such as surveys, spacing, and brushing. MINING GPS surveys of mineral and placer tenures Preparation of maps to Ministry of Energy and Mines standards. MAPPING We maintain an up-to-date computer mapping service utilzing Microstation and Maps 3D as the core systems. CRUISE COMPILATIONS We maintain a current CRUISECOMP program service bureau licence with log analysis and cruiser call grading modules. We have very extensive experience providing Ministry of Forests standard cruise compilations for a wide variety of clients. Full service cutting permit and road permit preparation. All activities associated with forest insect pest management, including aerial and ground surveys. Full service woodlot management planning.

Operating Region
  • Cariboo-Chilcotin
  • Omineca-Peace
  • Skeena-Bulkley


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