urban
forestry
We are a team of certified and experienced forest professionals who provide high-quality solution-focused urban forest services, including:
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Full phase arborist reports and tree replacement plans,
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DPA Assessments: Wildfire hazard and Riparian Area Regulation (RAR)
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Danger Tree Assessments (DTA and TRAQ) and windthrow hazard assessments;
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Tree inventories, timber cruises and general arboricultural field assessments for private landowners and developers;
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Restoration planning and prescription development including planting prescriptions;
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Forest health surveying and management strategies;
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Invasive species surveying and pest management/eradication strategies;
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Municipal Planning: Urban forest strategic planning and policy reviews;
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GIS and spatial analyses, including urban forest canopy cover analysis; and
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Drone mapping, including 3D modeling of terrain and trees.
Arborist Reports and DPA Assessments: (City of Surrey, City of Coquitlam, District of North Vancouver, City of White Rock)
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Frontera’s team has worked with private landowners and developers to provide professional, timely and solution-based arborist reports and DPA assessments. Frontera works with these clients and their local governments to streamline the process and provide timely, on-budget and high-quality products.
Danger Tree Assessments: (City of Coquitlam, BC Hydro, District of North Vancouver)
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Frontera has a team of trained and certified staff to provide Danger Tree Assessments within in the wildland-urban interface
Tree Inventories/Restoration Plans: (City of Burnaby, City of Surrey, City of Winnipeg)
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Urban tree measurement and data collection services
Municipal Planning: (District of Squamish, City of Nanaimo, Region of Peel (Ontario), City of Prince George)
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Tree canopy cover analysis by land cover classification in the Peel Region, ON using advanced remote sensing methods and applying vector datasets
Urban Forest Health Surveying: (City of Winnipeg, Government of Manitoba)
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Forest health surveys of public and private trees with a focus on identification and management of invasive pests and diseases including but not limited to Dutch elm disease, emerald ash borer, black knot fungus, etc.

