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Issue #5 – Summer 2011
Thanks to the many readers who responded to the professional reliance question in our winter 2010/2011 newsletter. Your effort is greatly appreciated and your insights will help shape how the Board approaches this important topic. Over the past several months, the Board’s work has seen some changes. In particular, we are interacting with a much […]
Annual Report Highlights State of BC’s Forest and Range Practices
VICTORIA –The Forest Practices Board released its 2014-15 annual report today, which summarizes the board’s work over the past year and highlights current strategic priorities and projects underway. Topics reported on this year range from protection of water in community watersheds to an investigation of how forestry impacts to natural range barriers are mitigated. The […]
Haida Gwaii Visual Quality Objectives
In March 2013, Heritage and Natural Resources Committee of the Council of the Haida Nation complained that timber…
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 […]
Op-ed: Protecting Karst in Coastal BC
Figure 1. Paddlers cautiously approach a cave in Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island. There is something special, and especially sensitive, in BC’s coastal forests – karst. Karst is formed by water dissolving limestone over many thousands of years, creating shafts, sinkholes, caves, disappearing streams and springs. About 10% of BC has bedrock that is suitable for […]
