SERVICES

Timberland Helicopters offers support for film and video production utilizing external as well as internal camera mounts. We can also help shoot footage for fish and wildlife counts, observing wildlife in their native habitat. From documentaries to commercials to feature films, we have experience gathering production-quality aerial shots via gyro-stabilized Cineflex technology.

Timberland has extensive experience with pipeline patrol, including visual inspection and laser gas leak detection systems.

Transporting external loads is our specialty. From setting power poles to installing air conditioners, our team has extensive experience performing long-line transport in all kinds of terrain. We have assisted clients with delivering Christmas trees, placing mountaintop repeaters, setting up weather antennae and delivering generators to remote construction projects. We also maintain strong working relationships with various heavy-lift operators to accommodate even the largest of loads.

Timberland has the ability to provide full fire support including water bucket operations, firefighter transport, air attack, and aerial ignition, including helitorch and PSD. We are one of only a select few operators who provide a turn-key helitorch module. This includes a batch truck capable of up to 2000 gallons of gel at a time, an array of torches including Simplex and Isolair, and the well trained and qualified crew to operate them. We are on call year round to provide support for the Oregon Department of Forestry, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Cal-Fire. We are proud to serve our community by protecting National Forests as well as private and public lands.

Timberland has extensive experience with power line patrol, including visual inspection, corona and IR inspections. Since 1994 Timberland has maintained a contract with Pacific Power to provide helicopter power-line patrol and CWN services for 95% of Pacific Power lines in the Northwest. Timberland Helicopters also has an exclusive contract with Rocky Mountain Power encompassing a 5 state radius in the Rocky’s. Our pilots strive to become part of the team not just a “driver”. We deliver materials, tools, generators and also assist with setting poles/crossarms, pulling line and responding to outages.

Timberland is a trusted aerial seeding and fertilization contractor for the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management. We have the ability to distribute native grasses for reseeding after forest fires, logging or structure removal. For example, large scale BLM projects in eastern Oregon as resultant fire restoration and Bureau of Reclamation reseeding after the removal of the Gold Ray Dam, making way for a pivotal habitat restoration project and fire mitigation.

Timberland maintains strong working relationships with the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, United States Forest Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish & Wildlife assisting with wildlife surveying. We utilize infrared technology as well as visual spotters to observe elk, deer, waterfowl, grouse, bighorn sheep, antelope, and salmon. Our clients have found aerial observation to be more efficient for large/remote areas, more cost-effective and less invasive to wildlife.

Timberland is ready to help execute your next construction project, be it commercial, industrial or residential. Building via helicopter can cut costs and increase efficiency by easily delivering materials such as trusses, water tanks, and propane systems. Design your dream cabin and we’ll deliver the materials from sheetrock to plumbing to heavy-duty machinery.

Timberland has served a roll with Law Enforcement Search and Rescue (SAR) throughout southern Oregon. We are also able to assist with Search and Rescue (SAR) efforts, working on a call when needed basis with the Sheriff Departments, USFS, US Parks Service, DOI and other regional authorities.