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Board to audit Lakeside Pacific Forest Products Ltd.

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Lakeside Pacific Forest Products Ltd. (Lakeside) on forest licence A19207, near Harrison Lake, during the week of Oct. 16, 2017. Auditors will examine whether harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning, carried out between October 2015 and October 2017, met the requirements of […]

Small Forest Operator Faulted in Board Audit

VICTORIA –Forest companies in British Columbia are continuing to do a good job at planting and tending new forests in logged areas, the Forest Practices Practices Code. The finding was reported in a board compliance audit of the BC Timber Sales Program (BCTS) and timber sale licence holders in the district, which includes the Invermere […]

Two More BC Forest Companies Get Clean Audits

Victoria – Tolko Industries’ Questwood Division and Riverside Forest Product’s Armstrong Division are complying with the Forest Practices Code, according to two Forest Practices Board audits released today. The audits were both “clean”, meaning no significant non-compliance was found. Last month, the Board released audits of an Interfor operation on the coast and a Slocan […]

Board to audit forestry operations in the Selkirk Forest District

VICTORIA – The board will audit the forest practices of J.H. Huscroft Ltd., on Forest Licence A20213, starting July 25, 2011. The audit will examine operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire preparedness and hazard abatement for compliance with forest practices legislation. This is the first time the board has audited J.H. Huscroft Ltd.’s operations. Most […]

Board to Audit Woodlot Licence Holders

VICTORIA– Two Forest Practices Board auditors will visit five woodlot licence holders in the Arrow – Boundary Forest District from June 11 to 15, spending one day on each site. They will examine each woodlot’s compliance with harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire protection activities and associated planning regulations during the period from Jan. 1, 2006 to […]

Board to audit government forestry operations in Squamish

VICTORIA -The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of the Ministry of Forests small business forest enterprise program in the Squamish forest district this fall. The audit will look at the program’s operations near Harrison Lake, Squamish, Pemberton, Boulder Creek and in Tree Farm Licence 38 on the western edge of […]

Canim Lake Band’s forest company passes audit

VICTORIA – An audit of forest planning, harvesting and road practices of Kenkeknem Forest Tenure Ltd., in the 100 Mile District, found that all activities met the requirements of provincial forestry legislation, according to a report released today. “This is one of the first active First Nations Woodland Licences in the province and we were […]

Board to audit PIR forestry operations in Bulkley TSA

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest practices of West Fraser Mills Ltd, Pacific Inland Resources Division, Forest Licence A16830, from July 5 to 10. The forest licence is in the Bulkley Timber Supply Area, which is in the Skeena Stikine Forest District. Auditors will examine planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture and fire protection activities for […]