Our Services
planning | development | harvesting & distribution | marketing & sales | admin | protection | public use
Northland Forest Managers (1995) Limited is Northland's leading independent forest management company specialising in exotic forest management and planning. The Northland and Coromandal climate and soils pose many challenges to a forest manager, challenges that Northland Forest Managers are well experienced in handling.
The company's objective is to ensure maximum financial returns to the grower.
Northland Forest Managers (1995) Limited offers a complete forest management service to commercial forest owners and growers including;
Planning
Forest Establishment Proposals and Economic Analysis
- Full economic analysis of exotic forest proposals.
- Budgets compiled to the forest owner's format.
- Forecasts and progress reports compiled as required
Harvest Planning
- Harvest plans produced using CYANZ and LOGGER PC programs, or by outsourcing to harvest planning providers.
Resource Consent Applications
- Provision of plans and consultation reports.
- Liaison with Regional Councils, Department of Conservation, Iwi and all other territorial authorities.
- Neighbour consultation.
- Preparation and presentation of Consent Applications.
Forest Development
Forest Establishment and Silviculture Management
- Procurement of planting stock.
- Selection and supervision of contract labour
- Planning and management of pre and post planting operations
- Planning and supervision of silviculture operations
- Pruned Stand Certification
Forest Management systems development to FSC standard
Harvesting and Distribution
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[click for larger view]Management of Harvesting operations
- Contractor selection
- Health & Safety management
- Environmental management
- Quality control and value recovery
Management of Road Construction operations
- Contractor selection
- Cost and quality control
- Environmental management
- MARVL inventories
- Mid Rotation inventories
- Pruned Log Index surveys
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[click for larger view]Pre harvest inventories
Marketing and Sales
Log Marketing
- Management of graded log sales
- Management of stumpage sale
- Marketing of logs to local mills and export
Administration
Log Sales
- Administration of log and stumpage sales
- Provision of production reports and reconciliations
- Debtor control
- Payment of contractors and service providers
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[click for larger view]Forest Operations
- Mapping services using MapInfo and record keeping for all forest operations
- Payment of contactors and service providers
Forest Protection
Forest Health
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[click for larger view]- General forest health surveys
- Foliage sampling
- Noxious animal control
- Storm damage surveys
Weed Control
- Chemical weed control of forest roads and perimeters
- Controlled grazing to reduce undergrowth
Fire Protection
- Training of forest contractors and staff
- Maintenance of fire fighting equipment
- Construction and maintenance of dams, fire breaks and water points
- Fire fighting
Public Use
Recreation
- Issue of permits for recreational use of the forest
- Public Notice notification
- Event co-ordination
Hunting
- Issue of permits and control of hunting blocks
Forest Security
- Illegal entry control
- Installation and maintenance of security gates and signage
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