Forestry | Planning

Groupe OptiVert inc. integrates innovative thinking with technical expertise to provide our clients with competitive, cost-effective planning solutions. Our team of dedicated experts can help you produce realistic, robust, data-driven plans.

Services

• Forest resource planning
  • Strategic timber analysis (using Patchworks, Woodstock or Sylva software)
  • Integrated annual or multi-year operationnal plans
  • Sylviculture prescriptions
  • Site growth potential evaluation
  • Operationnal constraint evaluation
  • Economic analysis (using Forexpert software)
• Wood procurement planning
  • Evaluation of timber availability (species, volume, value)
  • Evaluation of operational constraints, taking into account mill timber supply needs
• Road network planning
  • Road location planning
  • Cut-and-fill planning
  • Evaluation and recommendation of alternatives
  • Authorisation certificates
  • Cost estimation
• Technical forestry project feasability studies
• Research and development (tools and techniques)
• Operations
  • Tree marking
  • Forest operations supervision
  • Scaling
  • Block layout

For more information, contact André Carle, ing.f.

Recent projects

• Analysis of impact of spatially explicit planning on timber supply using Patchworks software (Commission Coulombe)
• Timber supply analysis for two management units in Hautes-Laurentides region
• Timber supply analysis for a wildlife reserve in Lac St-Jean region
• Timber supply analysis for large tracts of private land in Quebec
• Multi-year operationnal plan in Gaspésie region, taking into account existing wildlife management plan
• Development of analysis method to evaluate site potential for hybrid poplar plantations
• Supervision and control of scaling operations for a forestry company and preparation of harvest and transport reports for payroll purposes
• Quality control auditing
• Evaluation of impact of management plan on evolution of wildlife habitat quality