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Helicopter and Snowcat Skiing in Mountain Caribou Habitat

This audit highlights the beneficial aspects of having an industry, with the potential to adversely impact a sensitive wildlife resource, follow agreed upon procedures to manage and minimize wildlife encounters, and to self-report on those encounters.

Issue #8 – Winter 2012/13

“Social licence” is a term used to describe the general approval society gives to industries operating  on public lands. The extent to which social licence exists depends  upon the public’s confidence that industries will follow the rules, act responsibly, and generate more public benefit than harm. The Board believes that independent  oversight is an important and cost-effective method for fostering […]

Issue #20 – Winter 2018/19

Welcome to the Eye on BC’s Forests winter newsletter. This is our first issue of 2019 and I am looking forward to a great year ahead. Over the next six months, one of the Board’s top priorities is updating our strategic plan. Ultimately, we will establish the priorities for special projects the board will focus on […]

Forest Practices Board releases decision on Complaint Investigation

The Forest Practices Board has announced a decision regarding a complaint filed with the Board by five organizations from the Cariboo region in December, 1995. The complainants asserted that forest development plans for the Quesnel River watershed prepared by five licensees and the Ministry of Forests Small Business Forest Enterprise Program were not consistent with […]

Forest Practices Board Releases Results of an Audit of Tolko Industries Ltd.

VICTORIA – Although Tolko Industries’ timber harvesting and road practices generally met the requirements of the Forest Practices Code, certain forest practices in sensitive riparian areas next to streams were a problem, according to a Forest Practices Board audit report released today. The audit identified several instances involving riparian areas where the Code was not […]