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Innovative forestry & wildfire prevention

Frontera provides top notch forestry and fire management consulting services to clients across Canada.

We work closely with First Nations, remote communities and all levels of government – focusing our efforts on building knowledge, testing methodologies, and making communities more resilient to wildfire and climate change.

Land Acknowledgement

Frontera Forest Solutions operates on the traditional unceded territory of the Coast Salish people, specifically the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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Nick Soverel

Founder, Principal Forester

Frontera's lead gardening guru with over 20 years experience across the forestry sector.

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Meagan Warkentin

Chief Operations Officer

Our cat cuddler and local veggie expert who keeps us all pointed toward our long-term goals.

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Trevor Leslie

Forestry Operations Manager

Our resident poet with a wealth of forestry and wildfire experience from coast to coast.

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Conor Corbett

Associate Forester

A man of the mountains with deep experience in community engagement and wildfire mitigation.

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Mac Montgomery

Associate Forester

The soulful surfer intent on shifting the paradigm of fire and fuel management in BC.

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Charles Friesen

Associate Forester

The statistics wiz with diverse forestry experience and a passion for First Nations-led forestry.

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Derek Li

GIS Coordinator

Frontera's finest food forager with a one-of-a-kind skillset in GIS and remote sensing.

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Wendi Zhang

GIS Technician

Frontera's biggest coffee drinker who's passionate about proactive landscape management.

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Holden Payne

Wildfire Behaviour Analyst

A wildfire behaviour modelling pro with experience spanning pacific coastal forests.

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Jen Clement

Field Technician

Our fantastic field technician who is just as at home performing on stage as she is in the forest.

Meet The Team

01

Relationships

Our clients and their communities, resources and cultural values are important to us. We employ open and transparent communication and apply an ethical framework to all our professional work.

02

Teamwork

Forestry, forest sciences, and land management are complex and require collaboration to build and sustain lasting relationships that enable us to improve and refine our knowledge together.

03

Expertise

We take pride in our work and diligently provide scientific and pragmatic advice and support to our clients so that they can effectively steward their forests for generations to come.

04

Innovation

Our people are highly educated and passionate about our work. We believe in lifelong learning and strive to continue gaining knowledge and applying cutting edge technology in our practice.

Core Values

our mission

To make communities more resilient to wildfire and climate change in an accessible and equitable way.

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In Spanish, the word frontera means frontier. The frontier is where communities meet the wilderness that surrounds them. It is how we engage with these natural elements around us that determine the safety, health and longevity of our communities.

Frontera Forest Solutions began out of a deep desire to bring together people who are passionate about finding dynamic solutions to the issues that arise at the interface between our communities and our forests. 

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our vision

To be at the forefront of fire and fuel management.

We live and work at the frontier – at the edge or boundary of where the communities we serve meet the forests that surround them. This interface is incredibly important to the health and wellbeing of every community, and we treat it as such.

We strive to continue gaining knowledge and applying cutting edge technology and forest practices in our consulting. At the same time, we know each community is unique and that we must communicate and apply our knowledge in a manner that is tailored to each community's needs.

our values

Frontera helps governments and communities develop wildfire resilience with accessible, tailored and innovative solutions.

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We know that a diversity of thought and a collaborative mindset is stronger than a singular one. Our team-based, open approach is part of what enables us to innovate in our industry.

 

  • We collaborate as a team of scientists, professionals, and managers to bring together multiple streams of knowledge.

  • We work closely with universities and other institutions to be on the cutting edge of knowledge and science.

  • We listen and learn from the First Nation communities whom we serve.

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contact us

Get in touch to learn how we can work with your community

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