Land-risk intelligence

Defensible land decisions from complex environmental data for climate resilience.

SylvaStep helps municipalities, First Nations, land managers, conservation organizations, and partner firms turn forestry, wildfire, biodiversity, GIS, LiDAR, and remote-sensing data into clear priorities and practical action.

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Professional credentials & technical training

Core services

Four ways SylvaStep helps clients make defensible land decisions.

SylvaStep combines forestry, applied biology, GIS, LiDAR, remote sensing, wildfire science, and environmental data analysis to help clients understand landscape risk, prioritize action, and communicate decisions clearly.

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GIS, LiDAR & Remote Sensing

Mapping, imagery, terrain, vegetation, and change-detection workflows that turn complex spatial data into clear, decision-ready products for planning, monitoring, and land-risk assessment.

GIS mapping

—GIS & cartography
—Custom map products
—Geospatial databases

LiDAR & terrain

—Satellite analysis
—Drone & thermal
—Change detection

Satellite & drone imagery

—Spatial modelling
—Data engineering
—Training

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Environmental Data & Decision Support

Analysis, modelling, and reporting workflows that turn environmental datasets into practical priorities, defensible assumptions, and clear recommendations for planning, monitoring, and investment decisions.

Data analysis & modelling

—Non‑spatial data engineering
—Statistical modelling
—Environmental monitoring

Risk prioritization

—Climate & disturbance
—Hydrology & snow
—Forest health
—Wildlife & habitat

Decision-support

—Automation
—Tools
—Training

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Wildfire, Forestry & Landscape Planning

Field-aware planning, assessment, and reporting support for wildfire resilience, forest health, vegetation, habitat, and land-use decisions where technical judgment and defensible documentation matter.

Wildfire & fuels

—Desktop assessments
—Disturbance & risk planning

Forest health

—Landscape‑level planning
—Climate adaptation
—Forestry & land stewardship

Technical reporting

—Technical reports
—Ecological research

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Restoration, Carbon & Ecological Monitoring

Monitoring and feasibility support for restoration, carbon, biodiversity, and ecological recovery projects, including baselines, indicators, spatial analysis, and practical reporting frameworks.

Restoration feasibility

—Carbon project feasibility
—MRV framework development

Carbon & natural assets

—Restoration baseline design
—Methodology — carbon, biodiversity, soil, hydrology

Ecological monitoring

—Agroforestry & reforestation
—Restoration & carbon reporting

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Why SylvaStep

Technical depth. Practical decisions.

SylvaStep brings professional land-management judgment together with advanced geospatial and environmental-data methods, helping clients move from complex information to defensible decisions, clear reports, and practical next steps.

Credible Expertise

Forestry, biology, wildfire, GIS, LiDAR, remote sensing, and environmental-data experience brought together in one focused technical practice.

Professional Accountability

Work grounded in professional designations, transparent assumptions, defensible methods, and clear documentation that clients can use with confidence.

Tailored Solutions

Lean, practical support for municipalities, First Nations, land managers, partner firms, and organizations that need decision-ready analysis rather than generic reports.

Current projects

Applied projects and technical development.

Discover the real‑world impact of our work. SylvaStep is actively supporting municipalities, First Nations, NGOs, and private-sector clients on applied projects involving climate resilience, land stewardship, restoration, carbon readiness, wildlife detection, and environmental decision support.

Fig. 1Snow mapping validation siteMore than 20 field test sites were manually installed to validate the snow mapping accuracy, based on observing daily snow conditions on the ground.

Mapping Snow Dynamics for Climate Change Analysis

Client: St'át'imc First Nation
Location: Lillooet, BC

In-progress spatial analysis of snow dynamics and climate-related landscape indicators to support applied climate-change, hydrology, and resilience planning.

Agroforestry, Restoration & Carbon Readiness Pilot

Client: Almost Heaven Farms & Kamala Foundation
Location: Nepal

In-progress support for agroforestry, restoration, carbon readiness, and ecological monitoring, including baselines, feasibility considerations, and decision-ready reporting.

Agroforestry, Restoration & Carbon Readiness Pilot

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Fig. 1–3AI generated visualization of how the restoration and MRV pilot project is designed to improve livelihood and ecosystem functioning over time.

Fig. 1This example uses the publicly available BAMBI thermal/RGB wildlife dataset and associated public model resources, which we gratefully acknowledge as a development benchmark. SylvaStep is adapting and retraining these resources for our own wildlife-monitoring objectives, improving detection and review workflows for our intended use cases. The BAMBI example is a development step only; our final operational workflow will use our own project-specific drone imagery, detection models, and crop-classification models once local survey data are available.Acknowledgement: BAMBI thermal/RGB wildlife dataset and public model resources.

Thermal Drone Wildlife Detection & Survey Program

Client: St'át'imc First Nation
Location: Lillooet, BC

In-progress drone/RPAS and thermal-imagery work supporting wildlife detection, survey planning, monitoring, and field-informed environmental assessment.

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Bring us a landscape, risk question, RFP, or project idea. SylvaStep can help clarify the technical path, data requirements, and decision-support options.

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