Forestry is a complicated undertaking requiring substantive financing, a variety of heavy equipment, professional management, skilled workers and service suppliers. The following are the key organizations that help to make Bella Coola Community Forest successful:
A&A Trading Ltd
This company is the main partner as they provide financing assistance and log marketing services. Based out of Vancouver, they manage forestry projects all over the coast and are very well connected to domestic and international log markets.
Nuxalk Forestry Limited Partnership
Based in Bella Coola, NFLP also has a Community Forest licence and, where possible, we work together for mutual benefit in terms of logistics and operational synergy. Dry land log processing, stump to dump logging, development engineering and silviculture treatments are examples of the type of projects we conduct jointly.
The following local contractors conduct the road building and logging services to the Community Forest :
- Cougar Ridge Timbers Inc. – Log Salvage
- Chris Matthews – Commercial Firewood Salvage
- Dawson Road Maintenance – Road Grading
- Got Wood Contracting Ltd – High lead Logging, Ground based Logging, Loading and hauling
- Vosburgh Contracting Ltd. – Trucking
- WBC Contracting Ltd. – Trucking, Log Dump and Booming
The following local consultants provide professional and technical services :
- Black Sheep Timbers Ltd – Slash disposal and Fire Training
- Frontier Resource Management Ltd – Professional Forestry and Project Management
- Heartwood GIS & Forestry – Forestry Surveys, Engineering and Mapping
- Kynoch Resources – Professional Biology
- Northview Resource Logistics Ltd – Engineering and Timber Cruising
