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Logging not major factor in Peachland water issues
VICTORIA – An investigation of the impacts of forestry activities on drinking water from the Peachland and Trepanier community watersheds has found that forest licensees did a good job of minimizing the impacts of logging on water and that natural processes played a much larger role in the boil water advisories that Peachland has experienced […]
CLOSING LETTER: Impact of Harvesting on Bowlder Creek and the Pine River
A gravel bar formed in the Pine River at the mouth of Bowlder Creek after a significant rainstorm in 1987. A trapper, became concerned that the gravel and other debris could block the Pine River, causing flash flooding of the community of Hasler Flats.
Closing Letter: Shawnigan Lake Woodlots
The Shawnigan Lake Watershed Watch submitted a complaint to the Forest Practices Board on March 27, 2009. The complaint…
Annual Report Highlights State of BC’s Forest and Range Practices
VICTORIA –The Forest Practices Board released its 2014-15 annual report today, which summarizes the board’s work over the past year and highlights current strategic priorities and projects underway. Topics reported on this year range from protection of water in community watersheds to an investigation of how forestry impacts to natural range barriers are mitigated. The […]
Forest Management and Domestic Water Use near Princess Creek
On March 19, 2009, the Ainsworth Community Water Users (the complainants) submitted a complaint about Meadow Creek…
