This report concludes the Board’s investigation of a complaint about the content of an approved logging plan in the Sunshine Coast Forest District. The complainant also reported environmental damage from forest practices carried out under that plan, and asserted inadequate enforcement by district staff.
In 1994, the Ministry of Forests Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (SBFEP) in the Sunshine Coast Forest District started planning to sell the right to harvest timber in a 26.8 hectare cutblock in a rural residential area near Homesite Creek. The site is on a peninsula between the communities of Secret Cove and Halfmoon Bay, approximately 20 km from Sechelt. Timber sale licence A48267 is located immediately adjacent to a rural-residential area, and forest practices there have met with opposition from local residents.
In 1994, the Ministry of Forests Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (SBFEP) in the Sunshine Coast Forest District started planning to sell the right to harvest timber in a 26.8 hectare cutblock in a rural residential area near Homesite Creek. The site is on a peninsula between the communities of Secret Cove and Halfmoon Bay, approximately 20 km from Sechelt.
Timber sale licence A48267 is located immediately adjacent to a rural-residential area, and forest practices there have met with opposition from local residents.
On the morning of August 11, 1998, the complainant discovered two fallers cutting a road right-of-way within the licence area. The complainant believed that operations were not permitted in the cutblock at that time, and that the fallers did not have the required fire fighting equipment with them on site and close at hand. The fire danger class was rated as “high” for August 11th.
A compliance audit report of Forest Licence A19207 held by Prettys’ Timber Co. Ltd. The audit examined Prettys’ timber harvesting, road practices, and related operational plans, for the period from August 1, 1996, to September 22, 1997. The audit assessed compliance with FRPA and related regulations.
A compliance audit report of TFL 10, a licence held by International Forest Products Limited (Interfor). The audit examined Interfor’s timber harvesting, road practices, and related operational plans, for the period from May 1, 1997, to June 8, 1998. The audit assessed compliance with FRPA and related regulations.
In 1994, the Ministry of Forests Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (SBFEP) in the Sunshine Coast Forest District started planning to sell the right to harvest timber in a 26.8 hectare cutblock in a rural residential area near Homesite Creek on a peninsula between the communities of Secret Cove and Halfmoon Bay, approximately 20 kilometres from Sechelt.
Timber Sale A48267 was first described in the SBFEP’s 1994‐1998 forest development plan, and was shown in increasing detail on subsequent forest development plans for 1995‐1999, 1996‐2000 and 1997‐2001. The timber was originally scheduled to be logged in 1996.
