Advanced Forest Data Acquisition
Project Start Date: 16/03/2023
Project End Date: 01/11/2023
CRIBE Funding: $50,000
Project Total Value: $212,287
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Project Lead: Ne-Daa-Kii-Me-Naan Inc. (Nedaak)
Project Goal
Ne-Daa-Kii-Me-Naan Inc. (Nedaak), a 100% First Nations owned company, works in partnership with the Province of Ontario, industry, and First Nations on the Kenogami forest. Nedaak has been successfully deploying a modern approach to Sustainable Forest Management which works to optimize value from the Kenogami Forest.
This approach necessitates the deployment of new equipment and technologies that become available to improve forest stewardship and the ongoing sustainability of the resources that our communities rely upon, i.e., drone deployment. Market research in this specific area has led Nedaak to the WingtraOne GEN II, which is an easy-to-use mapping drone that delivers consistent, high-quality survey data faster and at a lower cost than other surveying tools, with less carbon emissions than traditional helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft surveying. CRIBE is supporting Nedaak in purchasing, testing and successfully deploying the WingtraOne GEN II drone in its forestry and related operations.
Uses identified immediately for the WingtraOne drone are to obtain annual supplemental aerial photos for forest harvest mapping. Nedaak will also use the drone to obtain photos for regeneration surveys, take aerial images of current harvest blocks to ensure compliance with the forest management plan, and survey roads and other future harvest areas to produce long term plans.
Project Updates
Spring 2023
Nedaak has now purchased and received the drone. Initial flight tests were successful.
