1515C&C Wood Products Ltd.’s operations in the East Narcosli area of the Quesnel Forest District, west of the Fraser River; and Lakeland’s operation in both the Prince George and Vanderhoof Forest Districts complied with forest practices legislation. In response to the mountain pine beetle epidemic, both companies are focusing the majority of their harvesting activities on the salvage of beetle-infested stands.
Lakeland Mills Ltd. – FL A18163
C&C Wood Products Ltd. – NRFL A55477
Audit of Enforcement of Forest Legislation in the Fort St. James Forest District
The Forest Practices Board has audited the appropriateness of government’s enforcement of the provisions of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act (the Code), and the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA), in the Fort St. James Forest District in northern British Columbia.
Audit of Enforcement of Forest Legislation in the Fort St. James Forest District
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 Soil Conservation: Mackenzie Forest District
The Forest Practices Board conducted a pilot audit of forest soil conservation in the Mackenzie forest district. The audit was one of two pilot audits designed to explore the Board’s approach to auditing the effectiveness of forest practices in anticipation of the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA).
Audit of Forest Soil Conservation: Mackenzie Forest District
Evaluating Mountain Pine Beetle Management in British Columbia
Lodgepole pine is an abundant species in the interior of British Columbia (BC) and is important to the region’s forest economy. It is present in 9 of the 12 biogeoclimatic zones, occurring in 6 million hectares of forest across the region. Pine supplies as much as 80 percent of the annual timber harvest in some central interior forest districts and comprises 25 percent of the province’s timber supply.
The audit found the licensees operating in the Hallett landscape unit to be in compliance, in all significant respects, with the Forest Practices Code’s planning and practices requirements as they relate to MPB management within the audit area for operational planning; harvesting; road construction, maintenance and deactivation; site preparation; planting; and fire hazard abatement, for activities between September 1, 2002 and September 26, 2003.
