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Top silviculture contractors: ranked by # of full-time employees, seasonal workers.


Company name               # full-time employees
Address                    # seasonal workers
City/postal code           Year established           Contact person
Phone/fax                  Seedlings planted in 2004  2004 billings
Web site                   Trees planted to date      Services provided

Broland Enterprises        50                         Grant Brodeur,
1158 Russell St.           1200                       director
Thunder Bay P7B 5N2        1985                       $6M-$9.99M/np
807-628-0733/628-0734      14 million                 Planting,
www.broland.ca             450 million                contracting,
                                                      brushing, weeding,
                                                      thinning, pruning,
                                                      site prep, woodlot
                                                      management,
                                                      spacing, fire
                                                      fighting
Millson Forestry Service   40                         David or Susan
1782 Dalton Rd. RR1        112                        Millson
Timmins P4N 7C2            1980                       n/p/np
705-264-3426/267-6954      3.2 million (grew 11       Planting,
www.nt.net/~millfor         million)                   contracting,
                           80 million                 brushing, weeding,
                                                      prep, thinning,
                                                      pruning, woodlot
                                                      management,
                                                      spacing, cleaning
                                                      nursery, seed
                                                      extraction
The Wilderness Group       25                         Peter Moore,
36 Montreal Ave. P.O. Box  400                        president
1400                       1986                       $10M+/Adding
Wawa P0S 1K0               15 million                 mineral
705-856-2799/856-1365      260 million                exploration
www.wilderness.on.ca                                  div.Planting,
                                                      contracting,
                                                      brushing, weeding,
                                                      site prep,
                                                      thinning, pruning,
                                                      woodlot mngmt.,
                                                      GIS, helicopter
                                                      services
Thunderhouse Forest        11                         George Graham,
Services Inc.              204                        managing partner
34 Rousse St. P.O. Box 70  1994                       $1M-$2.99M/
Hearst P0L 1N0             7.25 million               Increase tree
705-362-4488/same          54 million                 planting Planting,
www.thunderhouse.on.ca                                contracting,
                                                      brushing, weeding,
                                                      pruning, woodlot
                                                      man agement,
                                                      spacing, layout/
                                                      line running,
                                                      scaling, forestry
                                                      planning, firewood
Woodlot Forestry Service   7                          Dean Allen,
36 Rubin Dr. P.O. Box 6    200                        president
Murillo P0T 2G0            1995                       $3M-$5.99M/np
807-935-3324/935-3374      6.5 million                Planting,
www.woodlotforestry.com    45 million                 contracting,
                                                      brushing, weeding,
                                                      woodlot
                                                      management,
                                                      spacing, forestry
                                                      consulting,
                                                      herbi cide
                                                      spraying (aerial
                                                      and ground
                                                      application)
Dorsey Contracting         5                          Scott Minaker
Site 119, C-1, RR#1        260                        np/np
Kenora P9N 3W7             1984                       Planting,
807-548-8785/548-8789      2.5 million                contracting, site
www.dorseycontractinginc   80 million plus            prep, brushing,
.com                                                  weeding,
                                                      commercial
                                                      thinning, pruning,
                                                      spacing
Monsanto Canada Inc.       5 (forestry only)          Roy Maki, forestry
868 Onion Lake Rd.         n/a                        business mngr.
Thunder Bay P7G 2B9        1986 (forestry)            $6M-$9.9M/
807-768-0949/767-4235      n/a                        introduce
www.monsanto.ca            n/a                        VisionMax
                                                      silviculture
                                                      herbicide, site
                                                      prep, brushing,
                                                      weeding, woodlot
                                                      man agement
                                                      spacing
Mikro-Tek Inc.             4                          Mark Kean,
115 Sandy Falls Rd. P.O.   2                          president
Box 2120                   1990                       np/np
Timmins P4N 7X8            n/a                        Supply mycorrhizal
705-268-3536/268-7411      n/a                        inoculum
www.mikro-tek.com
PRT Frontier               2                          Scott Carpenter,
Box 757                    240                        manager
Dryden P8N 2Z4             1989                       $1M-$2.9M/np
800-270-9973/807-937-836   14 million                 Planting,
www.prtgroup.com           115 million                contracting,
                                                      brushing, weeding,
                                                      nursery, thinning,
                                                      pruning, woodlot/
                                                      orchard
                                                      management,
                                                      spacing, cone
                                                      collection, tree
                                                      improvement,
                                                      surveys

np = not provided n/a = not applicable Northern Ontario Business makes
every attempt to get accurate and up-to-date information. Accuracy
cannot be guaranteed as we rely on the listed companies for the
published information. Others may have qualified for the list, but did
not provide sufficient information. For inclusion in the list contact
craig@nob.on.ca.
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