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Skeena Cellulose Gets Clean Audit

The forestry operations of Skeena Cellulose Inc. complied with the Forest Practices Code in all significant respects, says a report released by the Forest Practices Board today.

Board to audit five range tenures

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit planning and practices on five range tenures for grazing cattle in the Rocky Mountain Resource District during the week of Sept. 17, 2018. Auditors will examine range activities for compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act. The grazing areas that will be audited vary in size […]

Board to audit forest service roads in the Skeena Stikine Forest District

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest service roads (FSRs) maintained by the Skeena-Stikine Forest District, during the week of July 21, 2008. The board carries out periodic independent audits to see if government and forest companies are complying with provincial forest practices legislation. The limited scope compliance audit will focus on […]

Board to audit two community forests

VICTORIA – Two community forest licences held by the Tumbler Ridge Community Forest Corp. and Little Prairie Community Forest Inc. will be audited, starting Sept. 26, 2016. The auditors will examine all operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture and wildfire protection practices for compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act. Tumbler […]

Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Tumbler Ridge Community Forest Corp. – Community Forest Agreement K2O

This was a full scope compliance audit with a two-year timeframe from September 1, 2014, and September 27, 2016.  Community Forest Agreement K2O is held by the Tumbler Ridge Community Forest Corp. The operational planning, timber harvesting, road construction, deactivation and maintenance, silviculture, or fire protection activities carried out by Tumbler Ridge Community Forest Corp. […]

Audit of woodlots in Burns Lake area finds numerous issues

VICTORIA – An audit of forestry activities on seven woodlots, in the Nadina Natural Resource District, has found all seven had some type of non-compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act and/or the Wildfire Act, according to the audit reports. “The auditors found that woodlot licensees did not meet obligations related to reforesting previously […]

Burns Lake Community Forest gets clean audit

VICTORIA – A Forest Practices Board compliance audit of Burns Lake Community Forest Ltd. in the Nadina Forest District has determined that the operation meets all legislative requirements, according to a report released today. The audit found generally good practices on the ground. However, it identified four cutblocks with excessive soil disturbance, and the organization […]