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Audit of Forest Planning and Practices and Forest Practices Code Enforcement on Nisgaa’a Lands
As part of the its 2001 audit program, the Forest Practices Board audited forest planning and practices on Nisga’a…
Audit of Forest Legislation Enforcement in the Cascades Forest District
As a part of its 2009 audit program, the Forest Practices Board randomly selected the Cascades Forest District, located…
Integrating Non-Timber Forest Products into Forest Planning and Practices in British Columbia
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are an important forest resource in British Columbia, with the potential to make a…
Canfor gets clean audit for Chetwynd forest license
Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) has demonstrated sound forest practices in Forest Licence (FL) A18151 and is fully compliant with forest practices legislation, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
Board to Audit Western Forest Products Ltd.
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of Western Forest Products Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Doman Industries Ltd., along the west coast of BC, from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Jordan River on southern Vancouver Island. The audit will look at Western Forest Products’ operations on Tree […]
Forest Practices Board Audits Pacific Inland Resources Forestry Operations
Victoria – Today, the Forest Practices Board begins the fieldwork portion of an audit of Forest Licence A16830, held by Pacific Inland Resources, a division of West Fraser Mills Ltd. The operating areas for this division are located in the Bulkley Forest District, including the Bulkley Valley, close to Smithers, Telkwa, Moricetown and Fort Babine. […]
Forest stewardship plans need improvement
VICTORIA – An investigation of forest stewardship plans, the primary plan governing forest activities on public land, concludes that most of these plans do not meet the public’s needs, are not enforceable by government and provide little in the way of innovative forest management. “The board previously looked at forest stewardship plans in 2006 and […]