Forest Practices in Hazardous Terrain and Domestic Water Use
A resident of Salmon Arm wrote to the Board with concerns about current and planned timber harvesting by Federated Co-…
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Effects of Power Line Clearing on Domestic Water Supply Near Thutade Lake in Northern B.C. in the Mackenzie Forest District
Between 1997 and 1998, Royal Oak Mines Inc., Kemess Mines Division (the licensee) constructed a 380-kilometre power…
Impacts of Harvesting on Cattle Grazing near Quesnel
Bear Valley Ranch complained that West Fraser Mills Ltd.’s use of cut-to-length timber processing and disc trenching…
Board requests prompt government decision on watershed designation
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board is requesting a prompt decision from the Ministry of Environment on a request for a community watershed designation by water users at Anderson Lake between Pemberton and Lillooet. The recommendation arose from a board investigation into a complaint by a representative of the water users. In March 2002, the […]
Government Enforcement and the Due Diligence Defence
The Sierra Club of Canada (B.C. Branch) asked the Board to investigate how the defence of due diligence is being…
Restrictions on Motorized Vehicle Recreation in the Harold Price and Blunt Creek Areas, Cassiar Forest District
Through 1996 and early 1997, staff of the Bulkley/Cassiar Forest District assisted in carrying out a public process…
BCTS Logging at Roberts Creek
Between July and October 2005, the Board received a number of complaints about five BCTS cutblocks above Roberts Creek…
Transfer of Planning Objectives under FRPA: Stillwater Timberlands
Three complaints from the Powell River area; one from private citizens, one from the Powell River Parks and Wilderness…
Planning for the Harvest of Beetle Damaged Timber in Corn Creek
In 1991 a windstorm blew down timber in the vicinity of Corn Creek, creating ideal conditions for the development of a…
Consistency of Logging with the Robson Valley LRMP
The Fraser Headwaters Alliance alleged that logging by McBride Forest Industries Ltd. In the Rocky Mountain Trench is…
