Zanzibar forestry services

Services

Since its inception in 1981, Zanzibar has evolved into a comprehensive provider of silviculture-based services across British Columbia. The company is guided by an experienced team of Operations Managers, Project Leads, Supervisors, Forepersons, and professional tree planters. Zanzibar places a premium on safety-driven, high-quality, and efficient operations.

At Zanzibar, we acknowledge that the cornerstone of our achievements lies in the dedication of our team. While our business revolves around trees, our true success comes from our strong relationships with clients and staff. Zanzibar is known for their commitment to the well being and growth of their staff. We pride ourselves on our dedication to safety, quality, and efficiency.

Tree Planting

Zanzibar has planted over 500 million trees over the last 40 years. Zanzibar has a diverse, experienced, and talented staff planting trees across British Columbia.

The most important resource of any silviculture contracting company is the quality of worker that it attracts. Zanzibar has built a strong reputation for having some of the most experienced and competent silviculture workers in the province. This reputation has been built from Zanzibar’s hiring and recruiting process. We typically require a minimum of 3 years planting experience before they are considered for hire. We have a high return rate, which gives us the ability to retain skilled staff and invest in their development yearly.

We continue to develop successful management process that focus on communication and accessibility. We have regionally based Operations Managers to support Project Leads. Project Leads are assigned to contracts to liaise, negotiate, and plan. Forepersons and planters build an essential base of local knowledge that informs daily decisions about contract specifications.

Zanzibar successfully manages a diverse set of activities such as record keeping, stock tracking, and invoicing. Zanzibar has a wide understanding of management and database systems, and is able to integrate it with clients operating systems. We use digital databases such as Plant Wizard to track data and generate reports efficiently and quickly. Daily activities are recorded and coordinated in Plant Wizard, which enables our clients staff access to review our systems on a daily basis.

Zanzibar employs a “safety first” approach and meets of exceeds all legislative requirements and standards in British Columbia. For more information on our health and safety policies please visit our safety homepage.

Silviculture Surveys

Zanzibar Holdings has over 25 years of experience conducting silviculture surveys. Over this time Zanzibar has completed survey contracts for many licensees (West Fraser, Canfor, Tolko), and the ministry (BCTS, FLRNORD) and the Forest Carbon Initiative (FCI) which is now Forest Investment Program (FIP). Zanzibar has extensive experience in silviculture surveys including but not limited to regen, free growing, multi-story, beetle surveys and survival surveys.

We have a team of professional staff comprised of knowledgeable experienced foresters (RPFs) and accredited silviculture surveyors. Training and ongoing professional development is a focus in the ongoing development of our survey team.

Zanzibar’s operates throughout British Columbia, but more specifically in the Cariboo, Cascades, Thompson/Okanagan and Kootenay/Boundary forest regions. We are familiar with operating in remote areas and have the resources to manage even the most complex of logistics.

Zanzibar has been helping clients meet their silviculture obligations for more than two decades, by continuously demonstrating our ability to deliver a product from start to finish in a timely professional manner. Zanzibar has an experienced team with the capability to complete custom maps and manage RESULTS entries. Field data collection and reports are completed digitally using the surveying program SNAP. We also provide the ability to professionally sign off on our own work in-house.

Seed Collection

Under Cariboo Carbon Solutions, Zanzibar has provided a capacity backstop for seed and cone collections in the Kootenays, Okanagan and Cariboo forest region. Cone and seed collections have been completed for interior tree species such as: Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), and black cottonwood (Populus balsamifera).

For more information on seed and cone collection projects please contact our team.

Wildland Firefighting First Aid

Zanzibar provides essential MTC and OFA3 services to BC Wildfire crews, ensuring public safety during fire seasons across British Columbia. Field medics play a crucial role in safeguarding the well-being of firefighters and communities in dynamic wildfire environments.

These medics not only respond to medical incidents but also proactively promote safety in industrial settings, preventing potential accidents. Their indispensable role emphasizes compliance with regulations and guidelines, particularly within the authorized scope of practice defined by Occupational First Aid Level 3 certification.

Zanzibar provides fully equipped MTC units and Occupational First Aid Level 3 attendants for wildfire and industrial operations.

Reach out to our Operations Management for more information.

Danger Tree Assessment

Zanzibar Holdings Ltd. employs an experienced team of Certified Fallers and Wildlife/Danger Tree Assessors for deployment to its various projects. All Fallers are Level 3 B.C. or CAGC certified and possess Wildlife Danger Tree Committee assessment certificates in Forest Harvesting and Silviculture and/or Wildfire modules.

Each falling crew is accompanied in the field by a BCFSC Qualified Falling Supervisor.

Our specialty is dangerous tree assessment and hazard mitigation for silviculture projects, especially in burned standing timber. Zanzibar fallers are familiar with the requirements particular to large-scale tree planting operations in areas with little or no access by road, and play a crucial role in determining alternative access via UTV/ATV and helicopter; this typically involves laying out and cutting UTV access trails, helicopter landing and seedling drop-sites and helicopter evacuation sites. Several of our fallers are also engaged on active wildfires as DTA and DTF throughout B.C. during the fire season.