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Audit of woodlot finds non-compliance
VICTORIA – An audit of forestry activities on a woodlot in the Peace Natural Resource District has found a significant non-compliance with the Woodlot Licence Planning and Practices Regulation, according to a report. The audit found the licensee misclassified a stream and as a result harvested in the riparian reserve zones for six cutblocks. Under […]
Effects of the Macdougall Creek Bridge on Access to the East Side of Babine Lake
On December 1, 2000, the Fort St. James district manager approved a forest development plan amendment submitted by…
Seismic line crossing of streams, east of Fort Nelson, BC
This report provides the results of the Forest Practices Board’s investigation into seismic line stream crossings near…
Compliance Inspections and Management
The Ministry of Forests and Range (MFR) Compliance and Enforcement (C&E) program is responsible for promoting…
Concern About a Logging Road Extension and Wildlife Habitat near Kinbasket Reservoir
In September 2000, the Golden branch of the East Kootenay Environmental Society complained to the Forest Practices…
Logging in Spotted Owl Habitat in the Blackwater Creek Valley
In June 2007, the Board received a complaint about a timber sale in the Blackwater Creek Valley near D’Arcy, in the…
Biodiversity Conservation during Salvage Logging in the Central Interior of BC
British Columbia is engulfed in a province-wide mountain pine beetle outbreak. Salvaging value from the dead pine trees is a government priority. To facilitate the salvage effort, government increased the allowable annual cut (AAC) by 80 percent in the three most severely affected timber supply areas; the Lakes, Prince George and Quesnel TSAs, which are […]
Schroeder Creek Road
This complaint is about the Schroeder Creek forest access road built by Kalesnikoff Lumber Company Limited (the…