Elphinstone Logging Focus, an environmental group on the Sunshine Coast, complained that cutblocks sold by BC Timber Sales would impact at-risk plant communities and affect the integrity of the ecosystem near Mt. Elphinstone Park. The Board investigated and determined that the mature forest stands in the cutblocks contained plant communities listed by the BC Conservation […]
In 2008, a Forest Practices Board complaint investigation found that cattle and elk were over-grazing rangelands in the East Kootenay and the Board recommended that government reduce forage use. A follow-up investigation by the Board in 2015 reported that actions undertaken by government since 2008 had successfully reduced elk populations and grazing allocations for cattle […]
This is a report on a “limited scope” audit for Non-Replaceable Forest Licence A73558, held by Sigurdson Bros….
VICTORIA – An investigation of 269 bridges and 59 wood-box culverts constructed throughout the province in the last three years has found significant improvement since a similar investigation was published in 2014, according to a new report. “We set out to see whether practices had improved as a result of our last report in 2014 […]
A complaint was filed with the Board in August 1996 about the way ten forest development plans in the Port McNeill…
The findings of this audit are unique and do not represent the standard of forest practices usually identified through…
The complaint is about forest development near the south end of Bonaparte Lake, 65 kilometres northwest of Kamloops.
The Forest Practices Board has had growing concerns about the cumulative effects of resource use on the British…
This Forest Practices Board report presents the results of an investigation of fish passage at stream crossings in 19…
Planning and forestry activities on three of six audited woodlots fully complied with legal requirements, according to the audit reports released today. However, three licensees did not meet required reporting commitments and one also did not comply with some reforestation obligations.
