Full Ecological Design Frameworks, made to measure
The goal is to implement a longterm ecological strategy that works for you and your property — with your property’s unique history and characteristics central to all decision making; restoring native ecology, increasing biodiversity, sequestering more carbon dioxide, and bringing joy and excitement to all who interact with the site.
Our design plans offer comprehensive ecological site analyses, identifying key native species and problematic invasive species; project infrastructure recommendations, like essential burn brakes and their establishment; coordinating with, and providing advisory input from, certified Burn Bosses before any prescribed burning is performed; bringing knowledge and expertise of key provincial and municipal legislation, to make the process as streamlined as possible; developing a longterm maintenance plan, with biannual burn plans built in; and advising on government grants and tax incentives available to landowners.
Dealing with disturbed sites can be daunting… we’ll help demystify the process of restoration and make the results beautiful.
Fire Tech 101
Fire technology has been used in North America for centuries to manage, maintain, and regenerate unique ecosystems like the Ontario Tallgrass Prairie Savanna.
Although our society has evolved to fear wildfire and optimize for its complete suppression, that mindset can be counter-intuitive, and actually quite damaging.
We’ll show you how there is another way. . .
We’ll help you negotiate the complex shift toward understanding prescribed burning as natural, efficient and healthy process, and one that can greatly benefit your property’s ecology.
Ultimately, we want to change your attitude toward ecological fire technology, embrace it as a friend rather than a foe, and help create the grassroots groundswell necessary to change uninformed attitudes and perceptions.
Other services we’re passionate about. . .
Forest management, including Red Pine plantation thinning and forest diversification.
In the 1960s, the Ontario Ministry of Natural resources undertook a massive reforestation effort to mitigate the harmful effects of abandoned agricultural fields turning into dustbowls.
The species chosen for its hardiness was red pine.
These forests were intended to be thinned by 30% upon maturation, and left to naturally rediversify by wildlife activity and natural seed dispersal (ie: wind). Unfortunately, this work was rarely undertaken.
Contact us if you’re interested in learning more about the possibilities of diversifying these forest ecosystems as originally intended. It’s not as complicated as you might think.
Invasive species eradication and management, specializing in no-pesticide removal of problem species like Buckthorn, Wild Parsnip and Dog strangling Vine. Observe the results before and after of a strategic, coordinated eradication effort to eliminate DSV, and allow the native raspberry to re-establish >
