Inside the Modern Forester’s Journey: Dan Marshall on RPF Training, Tech and Stewardship

In this conversation, Forestnet Media CEO Anthony Robinson speaks with Dan Marshall, Forester and Resource Lead at Strategic Natural Resource Consultants. Dan oversees a major coastal silviculture program — managing planting, treatments, and free‑to‑grow assessments — and supports First Nation land stewardship work. He’s nearing his Registered Professional Forester designation via the Allied Science Forester‑in‑Training (ASFIT) route and brings practical experience in silviculture, forest engineering and GIS. The discussion covers professional registration requirements, mentorship, LiDAR and drone use, single‑stem cedar harvesting by helicopter, and climate‑adapted planting strategies.

You’ll hear practical, sector‑relevant insights for foresters, engineers, managers and community partners: how FPBC registration and professional journals work in practice; how LiDAR and GIS change pre‑field engineering and layout; the costs and choices behind silviculture prescriptions and achieving free‑to‑grow; and how meaningful First Nations collaboration is being integrated into harvest and cultural cedar projects.