Audit of Forest and Range Planning and Practices Affecting Water Quality in Oyama and Vernon Creek Community Watersheds
Safe drinking water is a critically important resource to the people of British Columbia. This audit set out to assess…
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Most Kemess Mine Power Line Issues Addressed
Kemess Mine has addressed most of the environmental issues identified in a Forest Practices Board investigation, but there are still environmental concerns related to skid bridges near the power line, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
Issue #23 – Summer 2020
In the past three months, the Board released two special investigations that, when taken together, show both the strengths and weaknesses of our current regulatory system for forest practices. In April, the Board released a follow-up report on bridge planning, construction and design — Bridges 2. The 2014 report found widespread problems with how bridges […]
Forest Stewardship Plans: Are They Meeting Expectations?
When the Forest and Range Practices Act became law over a decade ago, forest stewardship plans (FSPs) replaced…
Board to Audit Forestry and Range near Hazelton
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct a Forest Practices Code audit next month, west of Hazelton in the Kispiox forest district. The audit will look at all code-regulated activities in the selected area, including government enforcement. Operators to be audited include the Ministry of Forests small business program, a number of major forest […]
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.
Report Finds Limited Implementation of Measures to Protect Biodiversity
The provincial government’s biodiversity strategy under the Forest Practices Code is applied unevenly across the province, and key on-the-ground measures are not being implemented in many areas, according to a Forest Practices Board study released today.
