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Highlights

  • A&G has successfully completed at least one contract over 2 million trees each year for the last 8 years. We plant an average volume of 3-5.5 million trees/year.
  • A&G has successfully completed various, concurrent contracts while maintaining minimum production rates ranging from 40 000 to 60 000 trees per day on both prepared and unprepared ground.
  • A&G is experienced in contracts with complex logistical requirements. This was most recently demonstrated on contracts with Federated Coop, Interfor, BCTS Grand Forks, and FFT.
  • A&G is familiar with the challenges of working in previous wildfire areas and has successfully completed FFT contracts under such conditions.
  • A&G is dedicated to First Nations involvement/capacity building and have realized tremendous success when working with our First Nations Partners.
  • All of our projects have been completed on-time. We have always met daily production requirements on our jobs.
  • We provide the highest quality planting service and consistently exceed our clients expectations. In the 2010 season, our average quality on ALL contracts was greater than 95%.
  • A&G is also experienced in Fuel Management work. Currently we have 2 projects running in Williams Lake.

Complete list of experience and references from the last 5 years.

TREE PLANTING / STAND-TENDING / DANGER TREE ASSESSMENT & FALLING
Client Description Location Reference Contact
Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
(Client for 14 years)		 Average 2 Million Trees / DTA & Falling / Full Stock Management, Ordering, Storage, & Delivery. Princeton Trenna Macleod 250-295-4274
Ardew Forest Products Ltd.
(Client for 18 years)		 Average 700 000 Trees / Full Stock Management / DTA & Falling Merritt Jan Stadey 250-378-6161
Upper Similkameen Indian Band.
(Partners for 9 years)		 Joint Venture with First Nations. Planting 500 000 to 1.3 million trees annually with a focus on training and capacity building with first nations partners. Princeton Ryan Clark 250-287-2120
Ministy of Forest and Range Average 500 000 Trees/DTA & Falling/Full Stock Management. Small scale salvage blocks (logistically challenging) Merritt Candice Kawaguchi 250-378-8422
Forests For Tomorrow Average 300 000 Trees in fire damaged stands with difficult heliaccess/ DTA & Falling/Full Stock Management, Ordering, Storage, & Delivery. Kamloops Colin Hegan 250-571-7318
Interfor
(Client for 20 Years)		 Average 1 million Trees/DTA & Falling/Full Stock Management, Ordering, Storage, & Delivery. Brushing/Spacing Midway Tyler Hodkinson 250-499-2563
Ministry of Forests / BCTS Average 1 million Trees/DTA & Falling/Full Stock Management, Ordering, Storage, & Delivery Grand Forks Ted Robinson 250-442-5411
Federated Cooperatives Average 500 000 Trees/DTA & Falling/Full Stock Management. Canoe Kevin New 250-833-1235
Ainsworth Average 500 000 Trees/DTA & Falling/Full Stock Management. Savona Colin Hegan 250-571-7318
BCTS
(Client for 5 years)		 Brushing/Slashing. Average 100 Ha’s. Vernon Ian Clay 250-558-1720
Aspen Planers Ltd.
(Client for 20 years)		 50 000 Trees/DTA & Falling/Full Stock Management Vernon Jill Gayfer 250-378-9266
Riverside Forest Products Average 600 000 trees/DTA & Falling/Full Stock Management, Ordering, Storage, & Delivery. Armstrong Don Wylie 250-546-9961
Upper Nicola Indian Band Joint venture. Average 100 000 trees. Full Stock Management. Training and capacity building with First Nations crews. Merritt Gary Arnold 250-350-3342

RESTORATION / RE-VEGETATION / FUELS MANAGEMENT
Client Description Location Reference Contact
Highland Valley Copper Mixed planting of native shrubs and trees on reclaimed mine site Logan Lake Jaimie Dickson 250-523-3353
Regal Ridge Developments Ecosystem restoration project. Installing native shrubs & trees around a green-development project Osoyoos Ivan Gayton 604-773-8583
B.C Ministry of Environment Urban Interface Restoration around Pine beetle affected areas Manning Park John Trewhitt 250-490-8217
BA Blackwell and Associates Fuel Reduction/management around the urban inteface Williams Lake Bruce Blackwell 604-986-8346

Information on our commitment to safety can be viewed on About A&G.