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 […]
The Carmanah Forestry Society filed a complaint about approval of timber harvesting on several woodlots in the coastal…
British Columbia’s Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) and Wildfire Act (WA) are at the core of the provincial…
VICTORIA – An investigation of a public complaint about management of a threatened grizzly bear population in the Kettle-Granby area has found that the B.C. government has not effectively managed the risk forestry roads pose to the bears and forestry licensees have not met the road density limits recommended by government. “Government does not have […]
Strategic land use planning can touch on all aspects of natural resource management. At the Forest Practices Board, our…
This investigation began with a complaint, from the Carmanah Forestry Society, about the approval of an amendment to…
On October 15, 2002, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint about harvesting and road construction in the…
