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Report examines management of fire hazards resulting from logging
VICTORIA – In a study of recently logged areas, the Forest Practices Board found that fire hazard was reduced satisfactorily in most cases, but no licensees fully met the legal requirement to assess fire hazard as required by the Wildfire Act, according to a report released today. The study examined 111 randomly selected cutblocks, harvested […]
Issue #17 – Summer 2017
Interest in the Board’s work and requests for assistance from the Board are continuing to grow–work on topics such as visual quality management and forest stewardship plans, and assistance dealing with concerns and complaints. To ensure we continue to make valuable contributions to forest and range management, the Board strives to remain knowledgeable on current […]
Windthrow Management on Vancouver Island Recognized in Audit
VICTORIA – Western Forest Products Inc. received a clean audit for operations in Tree Farm Licence 6 on northern Vancouver Island, the Forest Practices Board reported today. The board audited Western’s timber harvesting and associated planning activities for 159 cutblocks on the northern portion of Vancouver Island, and found Western was in compliance with legislative […]
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…
Logging and Lakeshore Management near Vanderhoof
In May 2009, the Upper Nechako Wilderness Council (the complainant) submitted a complaint that Canadian Forest Products…
Section 41 of the Forest Practices Code – Adequate Management and Conservation of Forest Resources
Section 41 of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act (the Act) governs the approval of operational plans to…