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Board to Audit Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation beginning next week. The audit will look at the corporation’s operations on Tree Farm Licence 56, about one hour north of Revelstoke. TFL 56 consists of about 120,000 hectares in the Downie Creek and Goldstream River drainages, […]
Ranchers on track, but government needs to improve enforcement
B.C.’s Ministry of Forests needs to follow its own policy for making sure range practices on Crown lands are meeting Forest Practices Code requirements.
Logging Near Habitat for Mountain Goats and Spotted Owl in the Chilliwack River Valley
This report is about a complaint from three residents of the Chilliwack River Valley who were concerned about logging…
Forest Practices Board Releases Results of an Audit of West Fraser Mills Ltd.
VICTORIA – West Fraser Mills Ltd. is meeting the Forest Practices Code requirements, except that its forest development plan did not include a strategy to address the risk from mountain pine beetle infestations, according to a Forest Practices Board audit that was released today. While the company did not comply with a Code requirement to […]
Creston Valley Forest Corporation responds to board audit
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board today released the results of an audit of forest practices carried out by the Creston Valley Forest Corporation between June 2007 and June 2008 in the West Kootenay, near Creston. Auditors examined planning, harvesting, road construction and road maintenance to verify whether the corporation followed the Forest and Range […]
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Western Forest Products Inc. – FL A19231
As part of its 2015 compliance audit program, the Forest Practices Board randomly selected the Forest Licence A19231,…
Timber Harvesting in Mountain Caribou Habitat
Mountain caribou are at risk in the southern two-thirds of British Columbia. The government has identified habitat loss…
Closing Letter: Post Creek
The complaint lists a number of issues and includes a request that the cutblocks proposed by Tamihi Logging Co. Ltd. (…
BC Timber Sales Program Gets Clean Audit in 100 Mile House
The British Columbia Timber Sales (BCTS) program has received a clean audit for its operations in 100 Mile House Forest District, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
