Consideration of Water Impacts from Planned Woodlot Harvesting near Nakusp
On March 12, 2004, the Granite Ridge Water Users Committee (the complainant) asked the Board to investigate the…
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Resolution Report on – File 060713 MSMA Policy Development
The Board received complaints from two of the public members of the committee. One had been the complainant from Nadina…
Dry Creek – Hydrology and Wildlife Concerns About a Large Cutblock
A resident in the Boundary area was concerned that harvesting a large clearcut would negatively impact water and wildlife. The forest licensee, Interfor Corporation, was harvesting a large area within its tree farm license in part to convert low value pine to a more productive stand. The Forest and Range Practices Act sets a minimum […]
BC Timber Sales and Road Maintenance
In March 2003, four forest companies (the complainants) located in the Okanagan/Shuswap area asked the Board to…
Effectiveness of Investigations: Water-Related Complaints Case Study
The Board has completed numerous complaint investigation reports on forestry impacts on quality, quantity and timing of…
First Nations Consultation on the Maiyoo Keyoh
In February 2007, Canadian Forest Products Ltd. informed the Nak’azdli Indian Band that it planned to salvage forest…
Maintenance of the Cooke Creek Forest Service Road near Enderby
A local resident in the Okanagan-Shuswap was concerned about the maintenance of the Cooke Creek Forest Service Road (FSR) near Dale Lake. In May 2014, Dale Lake, near Enderby, overflowed and caused a debris flood down Cooke Creek. The complainant believed that the debris flood could have been prevented if district staff had acted on his warnings […]
Road Failures on Vedder Mountain in the Chilliwack Forest District
On December 28, 2001, a small landslide originated in the fill slope of the Vedder Mountain Forest Service Road….
CLOSING LETTER: Forest Harvesting and Road Building in Laird Creek Watershed
The Laird Creek Water Users asked the Board to investigate approval of an amendment to a BCTS forest development plan….
