As a part of its 2009 audit program, the Forest Practices Board randomly selected the Cascades Forest District, located in the Southern Interior Forest Region, for an audit of the appropriateness of government enforcement of forest and range practices legislation.
The audit examined enforcement activities under the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act from January 1, 2008, until March 4, 2010. This report describes the results of the audit, which looked at activities such as tracking, inspecting and reporting licensees' forest activities, and taking action to address non-compliance.
As part of the Forest Practices Boardʹs 2010 compliance audit program, the Board randomly selected the Rocky Mountain Forest District as the location for a full‐scope compliance audit. Within the district, the Board selected FL A19040, held by Tembec Industries Inc., for audit.
The primary operating areas are scattered throughout the Cranbrook Timber Supply Area, around the cities of Cranbrook, Kimberley and Fernie, and the communities of Sparwood and Elkford.
The Board's audit fieldwork took place from July 5 to 9, 2010.
As part of the Forest Practices Board’s 2010 compliance audit program, the British Columbia Timber Sales’ (BCTS) program and timber sale licence (TSL) holders in the Kamloops Business Area’s Merritt Field Unit, located in the Cascades Forest District, were selected for audit. Forestry activities were administered by the BCTS Kamloops Business Area office located in Merritt.
BCTS has been allocated an annual timber harvest volume of 595,236 cubic metres in the Merritt and Lillooet Timber Supply Areas (TSAs). During the one-year period of this audit, TSL holders harvested 380 075 cubic metres under the BCTS program.
The Board’s audit fieldwork took place from September 27 to 30, 2010.
In August 2009, the Forest Practices Board conducted an audit of visual resource management in the Kamloops Timber Supply Area portion of the Headwaters Forest District. Visual resource management is the process of identifying and classifying scenic landscapes, and managing forestry activities on the landscape to meet the visual needs of the public, visitors and other resource users.
The Board conducted a full-scope compliance audit, in which all harvesting, roads, silviculture, protection activities and associated planning done between September 1, 2008, and September 30, 2010, as included in the audit. These activities were assessed for compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act, the Wildfire Act and related regulations.
The Board's audit fieldwork too place from September 27 to 30, 2010.
The audit examined forestry, oil and gas, and range activities, specifically with respect to soil conservaton, water quality and associated planning, in the Kiskatinaw River watershed. This audit involved several licensees:
