Fire Management Planning – Special Investigation
This report concerns a 2011 investigation by the Forest Practices Board into fire management planning in British…
This report concerns a 2011 investigation by the Forest Practices Board into fire management planning in British…
In March 2001, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from the Council of the Haida Nation (the complainant)…
The Forest Practices Board received a complaint that asserted harvesting by Huu-ay-aht Forestry Limited Partnership near Bamfield was not consistent with the visual quality objective for the area and furthermore, that government enforcement was not appropriate. The complaint was resolved.
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. […]
The Forest Practices Board is concerned with the growing number of non-compliances showing up in recent audit reports,…
Between February 26 and March 31, 2015 the Forest Practices Board conducted a benchmark survey. The…
In May 2018, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint that asserted recent harvesting in a watershed had increased peak flows and in combination with inadequate road maintenance by Interfor and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) caused damage to Yates Creek, Yates Creek Road and his private property. The complaint was resolved.
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.
A resident of Lakelse Lake, near Terrace, wrote to the Board with concerns about forest practices in a…