In summer 2008, the Forest Practices Board conducted a compliance audit of forest planning and practices of the Creston Valley Forest Corporation (CVFC) in the Kootenay Lake Forest District.
The audit examined planning, field activities and obligations in the areas of: operational planning (including forest stewardship plans and site plans, where applicable); timber harvesting; road construction and maintenance; silviculture; and fire protection.
These activities were assessed for compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act, the Wildfire Act and related regulations, as well as certain transitional elements of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act. All activities, planning and obligations for the period June 1, 2007, to June 10, 2008, were included in the scope of the audit.
As part of its 2008 compliance audit program, the Forest Practices Board randomly selected the Kootenay Lake Forest District as the location for a full scope compliance audit, with a focus on community tenures. Within the district, the Board selected the Harrop‐Procter Community Forest and the Kaslo and District Community Forest Society for audit.
Information about the Board’s compliance audit process is provided in Appendix 1.
This soil conservation pilot audit took place in the Golden Timber Supply Area of the Columbia Forest District. Three auditees, Wood River Forest Inc, Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd. and the Okanagan-Columbia business area of the BCTS program were audited. The audit focused on their effectiveness in managing forest soil conservation.
Planning and field activities undertaken in five woodlots in the Arrow Boundary Forest District in southern British Columbia complied with forest practices legislation. The audit of woodlot licences W0408, W0475, W0479, W1470 and W1832 was conducted in June 2007…
BCTS and licence holders in the Kootenay Lake Forest District complied in all significant respects with legislative requirements, as well as the Kootenay Boundary Higher Level Plan Order, which had key requirements to include old and mature timber conservation and protection of important caribou and grizzly bear habitat.
