Frizzell became involved with the Silviculture Survey Management System while continuing his studies. When he finished, he decided to expand the inventory data gathering system.
The program has delivered about 1, silvicultural surveys for access by regional forest industry licensees and the provincial government.
The project was initiated by forest companies Slocan Forest Products and Abitibi Consolidated to improve the understanding of the local ecological system involving caribou, moose, and wolves in the Mackenzie Timber Supply Area of BC.
Terra Cognita designed software so that experts in the field can collect and compile a wide range of data relating to caribou. Frizzell says about caribou in three herds were fitted with radio collars and tracked in areas around Williston Lake, north of Mackenzie. For example, information about vegetation, snow packs, migratory patterns, what caribou were eating and what they were dying from is faithfully gathered with the system and updated at regular intervals, Frizzell says.
The data will form a useful platform of enhanced understanding in forest management planning for Slocan Forest Products and Abitibi-Consolidated, the two major licensees operating in the Mackenzie region. Terra Cognita had to reorganize as the silviculture and caribou projects gathered momentum. Home offices were discarded in favour of more formal digs. Frizzell recently moved into the WoodTek building in Prince George, an incubator site for innovative and secondary wood product development.
He says having his partner, Remy Despres, located in Ottawa is working well. Being a Francophone also helps open doors. Planning—of the strategic nature—is vital to Terra Cognita. Frizzell uses the Innovation Resource Centre in Prince George and praises their contributions, to learn about the dynamics of small business types and development patterns.
The partners have developed a business structure to accommodate growth. They recently moved from the familiar field of software development to creating products for specific clients, necessitating the hiring of marketing expertise.
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