Gerdenits and Associates provides courses that will train you for a future career in forestry operations/planning, silviculture, ecosystem/riparian assessments and prescription development.
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About
Gerdenits and Associates was founded in 2015 by Diana Gerdenits, RPF, SAS. Diana has over 30 years of field practices experience and expertise in forestry operations, planning, silviculture, ecosystem and riparian assessments and prescription development. She has work experience in all sectors including government, industry, consulting and with First Nations all over BC (coastal and interior). In 2016 Ms. Gerdenits developed a field practices ecosystem data collection course both in field and in complete webinar form as of 2022.
Gerdenits and Associates can tailor training to meet the needs of any group that is looking to conduct auditing, monitoring, or traditional field data collection practices. During her professional career, she has trained and mentored many of the outstanding professionals working across BC today.
Gerdenits and Associates is committed to innovation and excellence in field practices to ensure healthy forested ecosystems for the benefit of all. Send us an email and let us know how we can help you or your team.
List of professional experience (clients and employers)
Macmillan Bloedel Limited
Weyerhaeuser Limited
Husby Forest Products
Fortek Silviculture
Western Forest Products
SCA Sweden
BC Timber Sales
Ministry of Forests
Forest Renewal BC
Forest Enhancement Society
Forest Investment Account
Forests for Tomorrow
Society for Ecosystem Restoration BC
TDB Consultants (Canfor, MOF, BCTS, and EOG)
Forsite Consultants (Canfor, MOF, Dunkley, Sinclar, and BCTS)
Kim Forest Management (MOF, FFT, KFM, BCTS)
Geoterra Integrated Resource Services (Canfor, MOF, TC Energy, Nova, North Montney, Private Forest landowners, First Nations Licences)
Celtic Engineering (Tolko, Canfor, MOF, and BCTS)
Various Woodlot owners
Various First Nations bands, organizations, and Forest Licences)
UNBC Continuing Studies
Northern Lights Community College
Where GA has worked:
♦ Operational Development
♦ Silviculture/Planting Implementation
♦ Research Fieldwork
♦ Roads and Bridge Site Planning
List of professional services provided
Silviculture
- Comprehensive silviculture management
- Regeneration Performance Surveys
- Free Growing Surveys
- Multi-Layer/ Multi-Storied Surveys
- Stand Development Monitoring Surveys
- Deviation From Potential Surveys
- Forest Health Surveys
- Secondary Stand Structure Surveys
- Planting Implementation and Quality Surveys
- Brushing (Manual/Chemical) Implementation and Quality Assessment
- Pruning Implementation and Quality Assessment
- Planting Prescriptions
- Stand Management Prescriptions
- Operational Silviculture Planning
- SPAR/RESULTS data loading
- Silviculture treatment layout
- Stocking Standards development and Silviculture recommendations
Operations
- Strategic operational development planning
- Timber Reconnaissance (volume, type, piece size)
- Block and Road Logistics
- Riparian/ Windthrow Assessments
- Forest Health Assessment
- Visual Impact Assessments
- Ecological Assessments
- Red/Blue Listed plant communities’ reports
- Soils Assessment/ Soil Disturbance
- Basic Hydrology
- Plant/ Wildlife Identification
- Lichen Abundance Assessments
- Noxious /Invasive Weeds Identification
- Site Plan development
- Range Soils Assessment
- Guardians Program Development
- Wildfire Mitigation Plans
Research/Auditing
- Landscape Planning
- SDM and SIBEC plot work
- Caribou Restoration Programs
- Provide professional Liaise with client for Compliance and Enforcement, and First Nations.
- Auditing
- Installation/ measurements of Permanent Sample Plots
- Professional expertise in working in areas of Ungulate Winter Range, Visual constraints, Forest Health, or Species and Plant communities at risk.
- BEC correlations along pipeline right of ways
Roads/Bridges
- Assisting in Bridge Site Plans
- Road layout and mainline traversing and alignments
- Road Eng data entry
- Level 1, 2, and 3 traverses.