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Forest Practices Board raises forest road and bridge concerns

While most Forest Practices Board audits find good practices, more than 55 per cent of issues found since 2005 are with roads and bridges, with five times more issues detected in 2010 and 2011 than in the previous five years combined, according to a board report released today.

Forest Practices Board to Audit Kamloops Forest District’s Small Business Program

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of the Ministry of Forests’ small business forest enterprise program in the Kamloops Forest District. Operating areas for the program are spread throughout the district. This is a limited-scope audit that will look at construction, maintenance and deactivation of roads; timber harvesting; […]

Evans Forest Products Audited for Forest Practices

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices on Tree Farm Licence 55 held by Evans Forest Products Ltd., a division of Louisiana-Pacific Canada Engineered Wood Products Ltd. The operating area for this licence is in the Columbia timber supply area, 90 kilometres north of Revelstoke, on the east side […]

Forest Practices Board Releases Results of an Audit of Slocan Group – Radium Division

Victoria – Slocan Group – Radium Division is complying with the Forest Practices Code, with the exception of one road construction practice that involves a small area of Slocan’s operations, according to a Forest Practices Board audit that was released today. The one issue identified by the audit occurred where excessive amounts of rock and […]

Forest Practices of Skeena Cellulose to be Audited

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of Skeena Cellulose Inc. on Forest Licence A16829. The operating area for this licence is the Bulkley timber supply area, north of Smithers. This is a limited-scope audit that will look at construction, maintenance and deactivation of roads; timber harvesting; and associated […]

Forest Practices Board Audits West Fraser’s Licence

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices on Forest Licence A16827 held by West Fraser Mills Ltd. The operating areas for this licence are in the northern and southern parts of the Morice timber supply area, which surround Houston, B.C. The licence is co-managed by West Fraser and the […]

Good outcome to Fort Nelson area audit, but some concerns noted

VICTORIA – Good overall results are reported in a series of Forest Practices Board audits released today, which cover all forestry activities in a section of the Fort Nelson forest district, the first such comprehensive review. However, the board has some concerns about regeneration of trees after logging, potential erosion and stream damage from pipeline […]