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Board to audit BCTS operations near Quesnel

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program and timber sale licence holders in the Quesnel Natural Resource District portion of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Business Area during the week of June 24, 2019. Auditors will examine whether harvesting, roads, bridges, silviculture, fire protection activities and associated planning […]

Tanizul Timber Undergoes Forest Practices Audit

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of Tanizul Timber Ltd. in Tree Farm Licence 42. The operating area for this licence is 56 kilometres northwest of Fort St. James, along the north end of Stuart Lake. This is a limited-scope audit that will look at construction, maintenance and […]

Forest Practices Board Audits West Fraser’s Licence

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices on Forest Licence A16827 held by West Fraser Mills Ltd. The operating areas for this licence are in the northern and southern parts of the Morice timber supply area, which surround Houston, B.C. The licence is co-managed by West Fraser and the […]

Forest Enterprise Program Gets Clean Audit

The Robson Valley forest district’s small business forest enterprise program complied with Forest Practices Code requirements in all significant respects, says a report released today by the Forest Practices Board.

Board to audit Tembec Industries Ltd.

Victoria -The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of Tembec Industries Ltd. (formerly Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd.) near Creston this summer. The audit will look at Tembec’s operations on Forest Licence A20212 in the Kootenay Lake forest district along Highway 3 east of Creston. This is a full-scope audit that will […]

Companies Practising Good Forestry on Nisga’a Land, says Audit

VICTORIA – The second round of Forest Practices Board audits on Nisga’a lands found forest planning and practices complied in all significant respects with the Forest Practices Code and the Nisga’a Final Agreement. The audit examined the forestry activities of Skeena Cellulose Inc., West Fraser Mills Ltd., the Sim Gan Forest Corp., the Kalum forest […]

BCTS Timber Sales Program in Kootenay Lake gets clean audit

VICTORIA – An audit of forest planning and practices in the Kootenay Lake Forest District has found compliance, according to a Forest Practices Board report. The audit of the British Columbia Timber Sales (BCTS) program, and 16 timber sale licence holders, took place from June 25 to 28, 2007.  It checked for compliance with the Forest […]

Weldwood Undergoes Forest Practices Audit

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of Forest Licence A20017, held by Weldwood of Canada Ltd. The operating area for this licence is located in the Williams Lake timber supply area, between 150 Mile House and McCleese Lake and bordered on the east by Likely and Horsefly. This […]

Forest Practices of Skeena Cellulose to be Audited

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of Skeena Cellulose Inc. on Forest Licence A16829. The operating area for this licence is the Bulkley timber supply area, north of Smithers. This is a limited-scope audit that will look at construction, maintenance and deactivation of roads; timber harvesting; and associated […]