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Board to Perform Visual Theme Audit near Campbell River

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct a pilot visual theme audit of a variety of forest tenures within the Campbell River Forest District. The audit area consists of the Crown land portion of the Campbell River Forest District north of Strathcona Park and east of the Nimpkish River. The forest tenures of five […]
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Report Finds Limited Implementation of Measures to Protect Biodiversity

The provincial government’s biodiversity strategy under the Forest Practices Code is applied unevenly across the province, and key on-the-ground measures are not being implemented in many areas, according to a Forest Practices Board study released today.
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Board Audit Will Examine Mountain Pine Beetle Management

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct an audit this September looking specifically at forest activities related to the ongoing mountain pine beetle infestation in north-central BC. Mountain pine beetles attack and kill mature trees by boring through the bark and mining the layer between the bark and wood of a tree. About half […]
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Audit Examines 25 Licensees, Finds Good Forest Practices

VICTORIA – Forestry operators and ranchers are carrying out good forest practices in an area near Merritt, but government’s enforcement of the Forest Practices Code could be improved, the Forest Practices Board reported today. The board examined the forestry activities of six forest companies, three woodlot licensees, 15 range tenure holders and the Ministry of […]
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West Fraser Gets Clean Audit

The forestry operations of West Fraser Mills Ltd. in the Morice forest district complied with Forest Practices Code requirements in all significant respects, says a report released today by the Forest Practices Board.
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Audit of Oil and Gas Activities for Wildfire Act Compliance

The Board conducted a limited scope compliance audit focusing on compliance with the Wildfire Act and Wildfire...
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Goshawk Foraging Habitat on the Queen Charlotte Islands/Haida Gwaii

In September 2006, the Sierra Club (the complainant) submitted a complaint to the Forest Practices Board (the Board)...
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Establishment of Conservation Areas for Old Growth and Wildlife Habitat in the Squamish and Chilliwack Forest Districts

In 2004, the Forest Practices Board released its special report on the implementation of biodiversity measures under...
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Logging in Marbled Murrelet Habitat on Queen Charlotte Islands-Haida Gwaii

The Gowgaia Institute filed a complaint about the Husby Group of Companies harvesting in areas that should be reserved...
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