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Audit of Timber Harvesting and Road Activities: Sigurdson Bros. Logging Company Ltd. – NRFL A73558
This is a report on a “limited scope” audit for Non-Replaceable Forest Licence A73558, held by Sigurdson Bros….
Canfor tree farm licence gets clean audit
An audit of tree farm licence (TFL) 30 near Prince George, held by the Canadian Forest Products (Canfor), found good planning and forest practices.
Forest Practices Board Chair Named
VICTORIA — Bruce Fraser is the new chair of the Forest Practices Board, Forests Minister Michael de Jong said today. Fraser brings a longstanding commitment to sustainable resource management to the position. A forest ecologist by training, Fraser studied under Vladimir Krajina at the University of British Columbia. He has 17 years of experience as […]
Board to audit forestry operations in Northwestern B.C.
VICTORIA – The board will audit the forest practices of Cassiar Forest Corporation and Coast Mountain Hydro starting Monday, Sept. 24. The audit area is approximately 400 kilometres north of Terrace along the Stewart Cassiar Highway, in the Iskut River watershed. This is the first time the board has audited forestry activities in this part […]
Forest Practices Board Releases Results of an Audit of Slocan Group – Radium Division
Victoria – Slocan Group – Radium Division is complying with the Forest Practices Code, with the exception of one road construction practice that involves a small area of Slocan’s operations, according to a Forest Practices Board audit that was released today. The one issue identified by the audit occurred where excessive amounts of rock and […]
Soil conservation practices effective in Golden Timber Supply Area
VICTORIA – A pilot audit has found that forest practices were effective at conserving forest soils in the Golden Timber Supply Area of the Columbia Forest District, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today. The audit, which started in July 2006, examined three operators – Wood River Forest Inc. (now called Downie Timber Ltd.), […]
Chair of the Forest Practices Board Appointed to Second Term
The Chair of the Forest Practices Board, Keith Moore, was re-appointed by the government on December 18, 1997. Moore is a forester and a former consultant in forest land management and environmental assessment. He is a long time resident of the Queen Charlotte Islands and is the original chair of the Board, which was established […]
Audit of Timber Harvesting and Associated Planning: Western Forest Products Inc. – TFL 6
This is a report on a “limited scope” audit for TFL 6, held by Western Forest Products Inc., in which only harvesting,…
Marbled murrelet habitat needed better protection
VICTORIA -A review panel has reversed a Ministry of Forests district manager’s approval of a cutblock in North Jervis Inlet that contains valuable marbled murrelet habitat after an appeal of the decision by the Forest Practices Board. Following a request from the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association in August, the board asked the review panel to […]