Complaint Investigation – IRC/182
May 2012

RECOMMENDATIONS

The Ministry of Environment should assess the fences that were installed near the water troughs in 2009 to determine whether any modifications to make them more wildlife friendly are necessary.

1. MCC, or the government if MCC’s licence is still suspended, should employ a qualified professional to review roads where construction did not follow the engineering designs and, if necessary, prepare a mitigation strategy for those roads.
2. Government should assess the potential environmental risk of the roads in the Healy Creek drainage and coordinate a maintenance/deactivation strategy involving all resource users.
3. Government should examine its policies to ensure it has the ability to act quickly where there is an imminent high risk to the environment or a forest resource, whether or not a negative impact has occurred.
4. Government should explore its options, including intervention under section 77 of FRPA, for ensuring outstanding silviculture obligations on FL A30171 are met and free growing is achieved within the timelines specified in MCC’s FSP.

Response to Recommendations