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Beetle killed timber salvage – is it meeting expectations?
A report on the forest industry’s harvesting of beetle-killed timber confirms that industry has been meeting govt’s expectations for concentrating harvesting on dead pine trees, but says the harvest of other kinds of trees is increasing more than expected in some areas of the province.
Salvage logging of dead pine creating large openings in central B.C.
VICTORIA – A study released today says that government needs to ensure areas are set aside for biodiversity and wildlife before salvage logging of mountain pine beetle timber clears the forests close to roads and communities in the central interior of B.C. “At least seven very large openings have emerged on the landscape through a series […]
Salvage Logging after a Wildfire at Sitkum Creek
In 2007, a wildfire burned in the Sitkum Creek Watershed, near Nelson. The Ministry of Forests and Range (MFR) has…
Pine Beetle Salvage Logging and Water Flows near Williams Lake, BC
In December 2008, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a rancher about proposed salvage harvesting of…
Timber Harvesting in Beetle-Affected Areas – Is it Meeting Government’s Expectations?
British Columbia is in the midst of a large-scale salvage program, the likes of which has never been seen. There is…
Okanagan Indian Band gets clean audit for fire-timber salvage
The Okanagan Indian Band’s salvage of fire-damaged timber complied with forest practices legislation in all significant respects, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
