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Board to audit BCTS operations in the Williams Lake area
For immediate release May 24, 2022 VICTORIA – During the week of May 30, 2022, the Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program and timber-sale licence holders near Williams Lake, in the Cariboo-Chilcotin Natural Resource District. Auditors will examine whether timber harvesting, roads, bridges, silviculture, fire protection activities […]
Habitat and Access Management near Flat Lake Park
Boar Lake is an isolated lake with high fishing values, approximately 30 kilometres southwest of 100 Mile House. In the…
Forestry Audit: BCTS and Timber Sale Licence Holders – Skeena Business Area, Coast Mountains Resource District
As part of the Forest Practices Board’s 2013 compliance audit program, the BC Timber Sales program and timber sale…
Meeting Outstanding Silviculture Obligations in the Kotcho Area
In 2009, Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (the complainant) filed a complaint with the Board asserting that Canada Resurgence…
Forestry Audit: BCTS and Timber Sale Licence Holders – Prince George Business Area, Prince George District
As part of the Forest Practices Board’s 2013 compliance audit program, the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program and timber…
Planting problem found in Quesnel area audit
VICTORIA – An audit of BC Timber Sales’ operations near Quesnel found most planning and forestry activities complied with forest practices legislation. However, the audit identified eight cutblocks that were planted with seedlings not meant for those areas. “This contravenes the government’s limits for the transfer of seed between areas,” said board chair Bruce Fraser. […]
Forest Service Roads in Skeena Stikine area get good audit
VICTORIA – A Forest Practices Board audit report released today says that wilderness forest service roads, including bridges and major culverts, in the Bulkley, Kispiox, and Cranberry Timber Supply Areas around Smithers and Hazelton, are being appropriately managed. The audit was focused on forest service roads managed solely by the Ministry of Forest and Range’s […]
Board to audit forestry companies in Burns Lake area
The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of 639881 BC Ltd. on forest licence A72921 and Burnslake Specialty Wood Ltd. on non-replaceable forest licence A66762, during the week of Sept. 16.
