Logging in the Deroche Creek Community Watershed
In August 2010, the Board received a complaint about logging by Tamihi Logging Co. Ltd. in the Deroche Community…
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Hasty/Aylwin Watersheds: A request for community watershed status under the Code in the Nelson Forest Region
The Red Mountain Residents Association (the Association) is a member of the Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance, and has…
Cattle Grazing in a Community Watershed near Salmon Arm
In November 2001, the Freeman Brook Community Waterworks Association submitted a complaint about the control of cattle…
Good audit results for two Okanagan community watersheds
VICTORIA – Results of an audit focused on forestry practices in two community watersheds, one near Penticton and one near Kelowna, were released today by the Forest Practices Board. Auditors examined harvesting, road construction and maintenance, silviculture, protection, and associated planning carried out by Weyerhaeuser in the Penticton Creek community watershed, and by Tolko Industries […]
Visual Quality and Water Resource Management in the Mission Creek Community Watershed
This investigation examines a complaint that Riverside Forest Products Limited (the licensee) is not adequately…
Board requests prompt government decision on watershed designation
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board is requesting a prompt decision from the Ministry of Environment on a request for a community watershed designation by water users at Anderson Lake between Pemberton and Lillooet. The recommendation arose from a board investigation into a complaint by a representative of the water users. In March 2002, the […]
Protection of Drinking Water in Community Watersheds Examined
An investigation of how well the FRPA protects drinking water in community watersheds has identified a number of improvements necessary to help ensure government objectives for drinking water quality and quantity are achieved.
