Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: British Columbia Timber Sales Program in the Chilcotin Forest District
The audit examined BCTS’s operational planning; timber harvesting; road construction, maintenance and deactivation;…
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Dunkley Lumber Slows Mountain Pine Beetle Spread
A Quesnel-area forest company is getting high marks from the Forest Practices Board for the way it managed mountain pine beetle, and for the light footprint it left on a recently-audited operating area
Board to audit BCTS forest practices near Quesnel
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit forest practices of the BC Timber Sales program in the Quesnel Forest District during the week of July 28, 2008. The board carries out periodic independent audits to see if government and forest companies are complying with provincial forest practices legislation. The audit will look at forestry […]
Road Sediment Entering Fish Streams: Learning from the Little Lamb Creek Experience
A recent Forest Practices Board audit found that road building and upgrading by a Timber Sale License holder (the TSL…
Logging road in a river must address environmental concerns
VICTORIA -A proposed logging road along the Goat River should not have been approved by the Ministry of Forests without a rationale and before environmental concerns were addressed, the Forest Practices Board says in an investigation report released today. The board’s report responds to a complaint filed by the Fraser Headwaters Alliance in July 2000, […]
Investigation finds unsafe bridges on forestry roads
An investigation of 216 bridges constructed throughout the province in the last three years has found numerous non-compliances with legislation and over two dozen bridges that may not be safe for industrial use.
Board Recommends Improved Management of Resource Roads
In a special report released today, the Forest Practices Board reports that B.C. has between 400,000 and 500,000 km of resource roads – the distance from the earth to the moon – yet the provincial government’s management of these roads is not as effective or co-ordinated as it should be.
Kamloops resident joins Forest Practices Board
The Chair of the Forest Practices Board welcomes Kamloops resident Frances Vyse as a new Board member. Frances, along with John Cuthbert, was appointed for two years through a government order-in-council on April 11th, 1997. The order also appoints Cindy Pearce as vice-chair. Frances is a geographer, naturalist and parks planning consultant. She is well-known […]
