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Issue #19 – Summer 2018

I am very pleased to have been appointed the Chair of the Forest Practices Board. For more than 30 years, I have worked in the field of natural resources management in BC, and in that time the Board has become a highly respected voice for sound forest and range practices.  I have admired the Board […]

Issue #18 – Winter 2017/18

The work at the Forest Practices Board is rewarding for so many reasons, the most important of which is the opportunity we have to interact with the people of BC:  the First Nations, forest and range licensees, natural resource professionals, communities, stakeholders, interest groups, the concerned public, and government resource managers.  The Board works for […]

Government appropriately enforcing forestry legislation

An audit of enforcement of forest practices legislation in the Cascades Forest District concludes that enforcement activities were appropriate, except for the length of Ministry of Forests’ investigations, according to a report released today.

Final Report on Complaint Investigation

The Forest Practices Board has released a final report which concludes the investigation of a complaint filed with the Board in late 1995. This is the first major investigation report completed by the Board since the Code came into effect on June 15, 1995. The complaint was about the September 1995 approval of logging in […]

Recent audits reveal Wildfire Act Issues

VICTORIA – A review of forest and range practice audits from 2013 and 2014 finds about half the audits had no issues and half had non-compliance with legislation or areas requiring improvement, according to a report released today. Of the problems found, one-third involved problems with wildfire prevention. “We published 23 audit reports and 12 […]

Audit of TFL 54 on South Island finds issues

An audit of MaMook Natural Resources Limited’s practices on Tree Farm Licence 54 on Vancouver Island found it met most requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act, according to a report released today.