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Timber Harvesting and Road Construction, Maintenance and Deactivation: International Forest Products Ltd., West Coast Division – TFL 54
This is the Board’s report on a compliance audit of Tree Farm Licence 54 (TFL 54) held by International Forest Products…
Board Audit Will Examine Streamside Practices in Kootenay Forest District
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct an audit this month looking at forest activities around streams located in Wyndell Box and Lumber Ltd.’s operating areas in the Kootenay Forest District. In some cases, forest practices, such as harvesting and road and stream crossing construction can have serious environmental impacts on water quality and […]
Significant non-compliance found in MacMillan Bloedel’s practices on Vancouver Island’s west coast
A compliance audit found serious problems with aspects of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.’s operations in Tree Farm Licence 44 on west Vancouver Island, the Forest Practices Board announced today.
Restrictions on Motorized Vehicle Recreation in the Harold Price and Blunt Creek Areas, Cassiar Forest District
Through 1996 and early 1997, staff of the Bulkley/Cassiar Forest District assisted in carrying out a public process…
Implementation of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Land-Use Plan in Forest Development Plans
The Forest Practices Board (the Board) received a complaint that the Cariboo-Chilcotin Land-Use Plan (CCLUP) was not…
Lakeside Pacific Forest Products gets good audit
VICTORIA – An audit of Lakeside Pacific Forest Products Limited on Forest Licence A19207 has found Lakeside met the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today, Dec. 19, 2017. Lakeside’s operations are on the east and west sides of Harrison Lake, near Chilliwack. […]
Co-operation Key to Survival of Coastal Forest Ecosystem
VICTORIA – An investigation report released today upholds a public complaint about proposed logging in a rare forest type near Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island. Local residents filed a complaint with the board when they discovered about one-third of the 64-hectare parcel of coastal Douglas-fir forest, known as DL 33, was slated to be logged, […]
B.C. needs new planning process for forestry
VICTORIA – In a new report, the Forest Practices Board recommends that government adopt a tactical forest planning process to direct forestry operations on Crown land. “For more than 20 years, the board has called for improved planning and objectives at the landscape and watershed scales,” said Kevin Kriese, chair, Forest Practices Board. “Recent board […]
