VICTORIA – A Forest Practices Board audit of government’s enforcement on Nisga’a lands found, with some minor exceptions, that the Ministry of Forests and Range (MOFR) and Ministry of Environment are appropriately enforcing forestry legislation. MOFR has primary enforcement responsibility on Nisga’a lands, which are located in and around the Nass Valley, about 100 kilometres […]
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct a pilot audit examining protection of multiple forest values in the Fort St. James Forest District later this September. The audit will assess compliance with Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) requirements, along with the effectiveness of forest practices as they relate to management of important forest […]
VICTORIA – A limited scope audit, in which harvesting, road activities and associated planning were examined, has found good forest practices by Sigurdson Bros. Logging Company Ltd., according to a Forest Practices Board report released today. Sigurdson’s licence allows it to harvest 150,000 cubic metres of pine-beetle-killed timber per year. The licence is located in […]
VICTORIA – A limited scope audit, in which harvesting, road activities and associated planning were examined, has found good forest practices by Yun Ka Whu’ten Holdings Ltd., according to a Forest Practices Board report released today. Yun Ka Whu’ten’s licence allows it to harvest 150,000 cubic metres of pine-beetle-killed timber per year. The licence is […]
VICTORIA – A pilot audit has found that forest practices were effective at conserving forest soils in the Golden Timber Supply Area of the Columbia Forest District, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today. The audit, which started in July 2006, examined three operators – Wood River Forest Inc. (now called Downie Timber Ltd.), […]
VICTORIA – A study of 1,110 road crossings over fish streams in 19 watersheds around B.C. has found that, in total, less than half of the crossings were likely to allow fish to pass through without problems, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today. The board’s special investigation looked at crossings in two […]
An audit of BC Timber Sales and 15 timber sale licensees in the Squamish area found that forest planning, silviculture, fire protection, harvesting and road activities were mostly in compliance with legislation, according to a report released today.
An audit of Halalt First Nation’s forest planning and practices on forest licence W1632, near Chemainus, on Vancouver Island, found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation.
A report on the forest industry’s harvesting of beetle-killed timber confirms that industry has been meeting govt’s expectations for concentrating harvesting on dead pine trees, but says the harvest of other kinds of trees is increasing more than expected in some areas of the province.
The ten-year-old Forest and Range Practices Act, aimed at reducing cost and complexity for industry while maintaining high environmental standards, has been partly implemented and is working in most situations. However, some aspects of implementation are not complete or are not working as well as expected and improvement is needed, according to a Forest Practices Board report.
