Strategic Priorities 2014-17
In June 2014, the Forest Practices Board decided on three strategic priorities to help guide its work over the next 3-5…
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Forestry Audit: BCTS and TSL Holders: Okanagan-Columbia Business Area – Okanagan Shuswap Natural Resource District
As part of its 2016 compliance audit program, the Forest Practices Board randomly selected the Okanagan-Shuswap Natural Resources District portion of BC Timber Sales’ (BCTS) Okanagan–Columbia Business Area for a full scope compliance audit. The district stretches from the United States border in the south, to the Seymour River/Shuswap Lake in the north and presents […]
Oil and gas operators pass Wildfire Act audit
VICTORIA – An audit of Venturion Oil Limited, ARC Resources Ltd. and Tervita found the companies complied with requirements of the Wildfire Act in the Lower Beaton landscape unit, within the Peace District. Audited activities included mechanical land clearing for facility sites and right of ways, portable wood chipping, and maintenance of right of ways. […]
Forestry Audit: British Columbia Timber Sales Kootenay Lake
BCTS and licence holders in the Kootenay Lake Forest District complied in all significant respects with legislative…
Conserving Old Growth Forests in BC Implementation of old-growth retention strategies under FRPA
The investigation found that progress has been made in planning and implementing old-growth retention: thousands of old…
Strategic Plan 2019-2022
The Forest Practices Board strategic plan for 2019-2022 will guide our work and help us to focus on priority issues for the next three years.
Local Planning Commitments and Logging near Wells Gray Park
In 1999, residents of the Upper Clearwater Valley and the local forest district agreed that the corridor of…
CLOSING LETTER: Construction of Waterbars on Puggins Mountain Road
Two long-time users of the road discovered that almost 100 waterbars had been constructed across the road, making it impassable to car traffic and difficult for pick-up traffic.
Davidson Creek Access Management
In September 2010, Batnuni Lake Guides and Outfitters (the complainant) submitted a complaint to the Forest Practices…
Bulletin 001 – Due Diligence and Mistake of Fact (Revised 2010)
This Bulletin describes the defences of due diligence and mistake of fact under the Forest and Range Practices Act…
