Closing Letter: Tyaughton Lake Logging
This is the Board’s closing letter for the investigation of a complaint about harvesting associated with cutting permit…
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Issue #8 – Winter 2012/13
“Social licence” is a term used to describe the general approval society gives to industries operating on public lands. The extent to which social licence exists depends upon the public’s confidence that industries will follow the rules, act responsibly, and generate more public benefit than harm. The Board believes that independent oversight is an important and cost-effective method for fostering […]
Laird Creek Landslide
This investigation looked at a landslide into Laird Creek that caused damage to the water supply of about 100 homes…
Issue #12 – Winter 2014/15
In some way, we are all owners of British Columbia, whether as government, citizens, First Nations, communities, businesses, or licensees. As an owner or a steward, you take care of your assets; you maintain them; you conserve them, you protect them; you grow them; you insure them, you measure them, you utilize them; you enjoy […]
Water Quality in the July Creek Watershed
The July Creek Ratepayers Association (the complainant) expressed its concerns about arsenic to the Ministry of Forests…
CLOSING LETTER: Impact of Harvesting on Bowlder Creek and the Pine River
A gravel bar formed in the Pine River at the mouth of Bowlder Creek after a significant rainstorm in 1987. A trapper, became concerned that the gravel and other debris could block the Pine River, causing flash flooding of the community of Hasler Flats.
