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Interfor audit near Grand Forks shows mixed results

An audit of forest licence A18969, held by International Forest Products Limited (Interfor), found adequate forest practices for harvest planning, site preparation, planting and forest regrowth, but noted one unsafe bridge and concerns over winter road construction and road and bridge inspections, according to a report released today.

Provincial Systems Fail to Protect Threatened Species

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board has found that there is a systemic failure in government policy to protect threatened species such as marbled murrelets on crown forest lands. The findings were released as the close of a board investigation of a 1999 complaint concerning logging approvals in the Brand Valley on south-western Vancouver Island, […]

Board welcomes two new members, gets new vice-chair

VICTORIA – Al Gorley, chair of the Forest Practices Board, issued the following statement upon the Cabinet appointment of two new board members, and a new vice-chair, announced by Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson last week: β€œOn behalf of board members and staff at the Forest Practices Board, we are pleased […]