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Board to audit forestry operations of Gwa’Nak Resources Ltd.
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Gwa’Nak Resources Ltd. on forest licences A93095, A93096 and A75918, north of Port Hardy along the Belize Inlet, during the week of Aug. 14, 2017. Auditors will examine whether harvesting, roads, bridges, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning, carried out between August 2015 and […]
Timeliness, Penalty Size and Transparency of Penalty Determinations
One way the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) and Wildfire Act (WA) are enforced is through the use of…
Audit of South Island Forest District’s Small Business Program Released by Forest Practices Board
VICTORIA – The Ministry of Forests’ Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (SBFEP) in the South Island Forest District complied with the Code in some areas, but showed poor performance in others, according to a Forest Practices Board audit released today. The audit examined the full range of forest planning and practices for compliance with the […]
Report Finds Limited Implementation of Measures to Protect Biodiversity
The provincial government’s biodiversity strategy under the Forest Practices Code is applied unevenly across the province, and key on-the-ground measures are not being implemented in many areas, according to a Forest Practices Board study released today.
Salvage Logging after a Wildfire at Sitkum Creek
In 2007, a wildfire burned in the Sitkum Creek Watershed, near Nelson. The Ministry of Forests and Range (MFR) has…
Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle Salvage Logging on a Trapline
In January 2010, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a Colleymount resident who farms, logs, and holds a range and a trapping tenure. The complainant believes that harvesting and road construction have reduced the available amount of wildlife habitat, disrupted the natural movement of animals and that his trapping tenure can no longer support […]
