Third Party: Forest Practices Board
APPEAL NO. 2012-FRP-006

The appeal relates to a district manager's refusal to approve Babine's forest stewardship plan amendment that proposed a result or strategy for the visual quality objective for an area visible from Babine Lake. The district manager refused to approve the amendment because it did not meet the legal approval test. Babine claimed that the test was wrongly applied. The Board took the position that the district manager’s decision was correct because the proposed result or strategy did not conform to the legal requirement to be measurable or verifiable. During a recess at the hearing of the appeal, Babine and the government agreed to a settlement by revising the result or strategy to make it more measurable and verifiable. The Board concluded that the revisions did not go far enough but, rather than object to the settlement, the Board withdrew from the appeal.

Appeal allowed.

Consent Order: http://www.fac.gov.bc.ca/forestAndRange/2011for006a.pdf