Personnel Rob Drake, President Rob began his forestry career in 1969 working for the Department of Lands and Forests in Smithers, B.C. He has been manager of DFS since its inception 14 years ago. Experience Summary Business Management Project Management Management of large multi-phase development contracts Timber cruising and cruise compiling Inventory Audits Silvicultural Prescription data collection and development Skyline Engineering and Payload Analysis Block and Road Layout Permanent Sample Plot establishment and remeasurement Certifications: Accredited Timber Evaluator PSP establishment BC Interior Log Scaling License Cable Harvesting Systems Simon Walter, Assistant Manager Simon has 11 years of experience in the forest consulting business in B.C. as a forestry and mapping technician. Simon was brought on staff in 1994. Experience Summary Project Leader for 330 VRI timber emphasis sample plots VRI Quality Assurance VRI project management Inventory Update mapping Digital mapping (IGDS) & GPS translations Inventory Audits Timber cruising and compiling (Coastal and Interior) Block and Road layout (Coastal and Interior) Bark Beetle Reconnaissance Certifications: VRI ground sampling - timber Accredited timber evaluator Digital Update Mapping - Provincial Garret Stone, Project Supervisor A graduate of Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (Forestry), Garret has 6 years of experience in Forest Management as a forest technician. Garret joined DFS in 1995 as a junior technician and is now capably handling project supervision responsibilities. Experience Summary Woodlot Management and Development Planning Cutting Permit development (Coastal and Interior) Timber Cruising (Coastal and Interior) Silvicultural Prescription data collection and development Skyline Engineering and Payload analysis Road Deactivation Prescriptions Wildlife/Danger Tree Assessments Riparian Management Zone establishment Stream Classifications (Coastal and Interior) Block and Road Layouts Road Design using RoadEng Mountain Pine Beetle Recce and layout Certifications: Accredited Timber Evaluator Wildlife/Danger Tree Assessor B.C. Interior Log Scaling License Waste and Residue Surveyor PSP Establishment Wayne Murdock, Project Supervisor Wayne is a graduate of Selkirk College with a 2 year forestry diploma. He has been with DFS since 1997. Prior to joining DFS he had completed three season of work with Riverside Forest Products where he gained experience in technical forestry. Experience Summary Crew leader for 180 VRI timber emphasis sample plots _(end 1999 season) Timber Cruising and Cruise Compiling (coastal and interior) Riparian Management Zone establishment Stream Classifications Silviculture Prescription data collection and development Block and Road Layouts (Coastal and interior) PSP establishment and remeasurement Inventory Audits Blowdown Layout Certifications: VRI ground sampler - timber Accredited timber evaluator Certified for establishment of PSP's Richard Swanson, RPF Richard has considerable experience with all aspects of Forest Management. He was TFL forester for Slocan Forest Products in Clearwater, B.C. prior to becoming a consulting forester for DFS. He was involved in data gathering for the Old Growth Site Index project over the two years that it was active. In addition he has been involved in silviculture prescription data collection and prescription development on a large scale over the past 5 years. We provide all aspects of technical field work including: Copyright © 1999 - 2004 Drake Forestry Services Ltd. All Rights Reserved