Bulletin 016 – Risk Across Resource Values in Forest Operations (2014)
This bulletin explores risk management in BC forest operations, and suggests that it needs to be transparent and fair,…
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Logging road put caribou at risk
A Forest Practices Board special investigation has found that the approval of a logging road by the Ministry of Forests did not adequately consider risks to a vulnerable caribou herd.
Post-Wildfire Hazard Assessment and Risk Management
fter a wildfire, the likelihood of natural hazards such as landslides , severe surface soil erosion and flooding can…
Logging debris poses fire risk, complaint reveals
VICTORIA – Decked timber and logging debris in the Shovel Lake Wildfire made firefighting more difficult, according to a complaint investigation report. A member of a wildfire response team complained to the board in 2018 after seeing large amounts of logs and debris on the ground. He was concerned the material contributed to the spread […]
Endangered Plants at Risk from Logging
No further logging approvals should be awarded in the coastal Douglas fir ecosystem on Southeast Vancouver Island until site assessments for endangered plants are completed, the Forest Practices Board recommended today.
Managing Landslide Risk from Forest Practices in British Columbia
Landslides are a common natural process in a mountainous province like British Columbia. Common features of the…
Conservation of Species at Risk under the Forest and Range Practices Act: Marbled Murrelets on the Sunshine Coast
In July 2006, the district manager of the Sunshine Coast Forest District approved a FSP submitted by International…
