Closing Letter – Construction of Waterbars on Puggins Mountain Road
Closing Letter – Impact of Harvesting on Bowlder Creek and the Pine River
Seismic line crossing of streams, east of Fort Nelson, BC
Seismic line crossing of streams, east of Fort Nelson, BC
This report provides the results of the Forest Practices Board’s investigation into seismic line stream crossings near Little Hay River in Northeastern BC. While visiting Fort St. John in June 2000 during its special project examining forest development planning, the Board received photographs of newly completed seismic lines in the Little Hay River area near Fort Nelson. The photos appeared to indicate that stream crossings did not comply with the requirements of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act and regulations (the Code). On July 24, 2000, the Board decided to initiate a special investigation into the matter. The investigation examined compliance with the Code, and the appropriateness of government enforcement of the Code, related to those stream crossings.
Many people would not associate seismic line activity with the Forest Practices Code. The following information helps provide some context for this special investigation and explains how seismic activities are regulated under the Code.
Audit of Timber Harvesting and Road Activities: Canadian Forest Products Ltd. – TFL 48
This is the Board’s report on a compliance audit of Tree Farm Licence 48 (TFL 48) held by Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor), Chetwynd Division. The audit examined Canfor’s operational planning (including forest development plans, silviculture prescriptions, and logging plans); timber harvesting; and road construction, maintenance and deactivation activities for the period of September 1, 1998, to September 22, 1999.
Canadian Forest Products Ltd. – TFL 48
Landscape Management around Carbon Inlet and Peace Reach on Williston Lake, Near Hudson’s Hope, BC in the Dawson Creek Forest District
In June of 1998, the Board received a complaint from a resident of Hudson’s Hope, a small community located above the Peace River in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near Fort St. John.
The complainant was concerned about the scenic areas that had been identified and the visual quality objectives (VQOs) that had been established for the hillsides along the Peace Reach and Carbon Inlet areas of Williston Lake. Williston Lake is a large lake created by the WAC Bennett Dam approximately 15 kilometres west of Hudson’s Hope. Carbon Inlet is on the south side of the lake, 35 kilometres west of the dam. The complainant is a member of the Municipal Council of Hudson’s Hope and a member of a yacht club on Williston Lake. He also has a trapping cabin on Carbon Inlet.
