Closing Letter – Harvesting in Moose Ungulate Winter Range in the Okanagan District
Resident of Lake Country filed a complaint with the Board asserting that Tolko Industries Ltd. overharvested trees in…
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Fence Construction on Crown Range in the Horsefly Forest District
The District Manager of the Horsefly Forest District approved construction of a barbed wire fence under a grazing…
Bulletin 006 – Guide to the Forest and Range Practices Act (2005)
This bulletin is the sixth in a series of Forest Practices Board bulletins describing new aspects of forest…
Bulletin 012 – Independent Oversight of Forest and Range Practices (2013)
This bulletin describes the benefits to the BC public of having the Forest Practices Board provide independent…
Water protection subject of audit in Okanagan Shuswap Forest District
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit how well forest and range practices in the Vernon and Oyama Creek community watersheds are protecting water quality, beginning October 18. The forest practices of Tolko Industries Ltd, BC Timber Sales and the Ministry of Forests and Range’s small scale salvage program, as well as range practices […]
Road sediment causing impacts to fish habitat
VICTORIA – A new special investigation examining how forest and range practices are protecting fish habitat under the Forest and Range Practices Act has been released. Board investigators examined forest and range practices in five watersheds throughout the province. “We found that practices, such as maintaining fish passage and riparian management, are quite good,” said […]
Effects of Cattle Grazing near Streams, Lakes and Wetlands: A results-based assessment of range practices under the Forest Practices Code in maintaining riparian values
The Forest Practices Board has completed an assessment of the health of riparian areas subject to cattle grazing on…
CLOSING LETTER: Quesnel Range
Board received a complaint from a rancher who lives south of Quesnel. The complainant owns and leases land on both sides of West Fraser Road.
