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Board to Audit Western Forest Products Ltd.
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of Western Forest Products Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Doman Industries Ltd., along the west coast of BC, from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Jordan River on southern Vancouver Island. The audit will look at Western Forest Products’ operations on Tree […]
Audit of Range Planning and Practices: Cascades District – Range Agreements for Grazing RAN076722, RAN076723, RAN076728, RAN076729, RAN077096
In September 2015, the Forest Practices Board audited range planning and practices on five agreements for grazing in…
Board Audit Will Examine Practices Around Streams
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct an audit this October looking specifically at forest activities around streams in the Chilliwack Forest District. Forest practices such as road construction, harvesting, road deactivation activities, and mechanical site-preparation treatments can have serious environmental impacts on water quality and fish habitat in streams. Poor forest practices can […]
Windthrow Management on Vancouver Island Recognized in Audit
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 […]
The Pas’ Forest Practices Get Clean Bill
The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. is carrying out good forest practices in the Fort St. James and Prince George forest districts, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
Board to audit forest licence near Nelson and Kaslo
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, […]
Did Construction of Road 200 in the Hasty Creek Watershed Meet Forest Practices Code Requirements?
In July 2000, the Board received a complaint from the Valhalla Wilderness Society – Forest Watch (the complainant)…