VICTORIA – Western Forest Products Inc. received a clean audit for operations in Tree Farm Licence 6 on northern Vancouver Island, the Forest Practices Board reported today. The board audited Western’s timber harvesting and associated planning activities for 159 cutblocks on the northern portion of Vancouver Island, and found Western was in compliance with legislative […]
VICTORIA – During the week of Sept. 23, 2019, the Forest Practices Board will examine the forest activities of Cooper Creek Cedar Ltd. on forest licence A30171 in the Selkirk Natural Resource District. Auditors will examine whether timber harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning carried out between Sept. 1, 2017, and Sept. 26, […]
In July 2000, the Board received a complaint from the Valhalla Wilderness Society – Forest Watch (the complainant)…
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 […]
This special investigation examines a series of complaints made by the An Dsap Wilp Society (the society), a group of…
The Forest Practices Board selected West Fraser Mills Limited’s Forest Licence A18694 for audit. In 2010, West Fraser…
OPINION-EDITORIAL by Tim Ryan VICTORIA – Sept. 24-30, 2017 marks National Forest Week in Canada. Established around 1920 as Forest Fire Prevention Week, the origins were to encourage greater public awareness towards Canada’s forests. At the time, the greatest threat to forests came from forest fires, mainly due to human causes. Since then, National Forest […]
