Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Lakeland Mills Ltd. – FL A18163
This is the Board’s report on a compliance audit of forest licence A18163, held by Lakeland Mills Ltd. The operating area is within the Prince George Timber Supply Area, and current operations are focussed north of Prince George. In response to the MPB epidemic, Lakeland is focussing a majority of its harvesting activities on the salvage of infested stands.
Lakeland Mills Ltd. – FL A18163
FSR Bridges: Inspections and Maintenance
In January 2004, the Forest Practices Board initiated an investigation of bridge and major culvert inspection and maintenance practices on forest service roads (FSRs). This special investigation assessed Ministry of Forests’ compliance with the Forest Practices Code requirements to inspect, repair and maintain bridges and major culverts. The investigation, consisting of both office and site visits, was conducted in the winter and spring of 2004. The Board examined bridges and major culverts on FSRs in six forest districts: Sunshine Coast, North Coast, Peace, Headwaters (including both former Clearwater and Robson Valley districts), Central Cariboo, and Kootenay Lake.
FSR Bridges: Inspections and Maintenance
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. – FL A18171
This is the Board’s report on a compliance audit of Forest Licence (FL) A18171, held by The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. (The Pas). The operating area for FL 18171 is within the Prince George Timber Supply Area (TSA).
The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. – FL A18171
Closing Letter – Tindill Creek
CLOSING LETTER: Tindill Creek
The Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a Robson Valley resident who has a grazing lease on Crown land near Tindill Creek, 50 kilometres southeast of McBride.
In March 2002, a contractor working for McBride Forest Industries (the licensee) began harvesting a 49-hectare cutblock on the grazing lease. On April 1, 2002, the complainant discovered what appeared to be an oil spill at a landing in the cutblock. Snow was melting and the oil flowed downhill with the melt water.
The complainant takes drinking water from Tindill Creek and his cattle and wildlife drink from a spring in the cutblock. He was concerned that the oil could contaminate the spring and Tindill Creek.
Balancing Community Needs and Pine Beetle Logging in the Robson Valley
The Fraser Headwaters Alliance (the complainant) complained to the Forest Practices Board about a plan to harvest trees to reduce the threat of mountain pine beetle in the Horsey Creek to Small River area of the Rocky Mountain Trench, about 50 kilometers southeast of McBride.
