Audit of Forest Planning and Practices in the Kootenay Lake Forest District: Creston Valley Forest Corporation – FL A54214

In summer 2008, the Forest Practices Board conducted a compliance audit of forest planning and practices of the Creston Valley Forest Corporation (CVFC) in the Kootenay Lake Forest District.

The audit examined planning, field activities and obligations in the areas of: operational planning (including forest stewardship plans and site plans, where applicable); timber harvesting; road construction and maintenance; silviculture; and fire protection.

These activities were assessed for compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act, the Wildfire Act and related regulations, as well as certain transitional elements of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act. All activities, planning and obligations for the period June 1, 2007, to June 10, 2008, were included in the scope of the audit.