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Board to Audit West Fraser Mills Ltd.

VICTORIA – On June 2, the Forest Practices Board will begin an audit of West Fraser Mills Ltd.’s Chasm Sawmills Division, in the 100 Mile House Forest District, for compliance with the Forest Practices Code. The audit will look at West Fraser’s planning and practices on forest licence A20002, southeast of Williams Lake. The licence […]

Forest Practices Board to Audit West Fraser Mills’ Tree Farm License

Victoria – Today, the Forest Practices Board began an audit of Tree Farm Licence 41, held by West Fraser Mills Ltd. and managed by the company’s Terrace office. The operating area for this licence includes the upper Kitimat Valley, the Douglas Channel to Hawkesbury Island and the Devastation Channel area. The audit will examine recent […]

Three First Nations get good forestry audits

VICTORIA – An audit of three non-renewable forest licences (NRFL) held by the Ts’elxweyeqw, Leq’a:mel and Skwah First Nations in the Chilliwack Natural Resource District found compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act, according to a new report. NRFL A75807 is held by Ts’elxweyeqw Forestry Limited Partnership. Its operations were […]

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 […]