The Burns Lake Indian Band complied with forest practices legislation on non-replaceable forest licence A72919, while harvesting beetle infested stands located southeast of Burns Lake, in the Nadina Forest District. The band is focused on public awareness and is actively involved to promote Band’s harvest planning and practices among other forest users in this area.
Burns Lake Indian Band Non-Replaceable Forest Licence A72919
Forestry Audit: BC Timber Sales Program Rocky Mountain Forest District
In summer 2005, the Forest Practices Board conducted a compliance audit of forest planning and practices of the British Columbia Timber Sales (BCTS) program, and timber sale licence holders, in the Rocky Mountain Forest District. BCTS’s operating areas are located in the Invermere and Cranbook Timber Supply Areas.
The Board notes that, with one exception, planning and practices undertaken by BCTS and its timber sale licence holders complied with legislative requirements in all significant respects.
The significant non-compliance noted in the audit relates to sediment from road building and upgrading by the holder of timber sale licence (TSL) A69888—that has, or has the potential to, adversely affect fish streams. Of particular concern is that the TSL holder, independently from BCTS, sought and got approval from the Ministry of Forests and Range for a road use permit to upgrade a long section of forest service road (FSR), adjacent to a fish stream to access a timber sale, but did not follow the permit conditions designed to minimize the amount of sediment entering the stream.
Audit: BCTS – Rocky Mountain Forest District
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices on Nisga’a Lands – Interim Report
Under the Nisga’a Final Agreement (the Agreement), in May 2000 the Nisga’a Nation was formally granted rights to the Nisga’a lands, an area of approximately 200,000 hectares in and around the Nass Valley, 100 kilometres northwest of Terrace.
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices on Nisga’a Lands – Interim Report
Forestry Audit: BC Timber Sales Program Lakes Timber Supply Area
BCTS and timber sale licence holders in the Lakes TSA, located near Burns Lake, complied in all significant respects with forest practices legislation, with the exception of two minor instances of poor harvesting practices causing soil disturbance. BCTS took immediate steps to address the soil disturbance findings.
Audit: BCTS – Lakes Timber Supply Area
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: S.W.C. Holdings Limited – FL A16848
S.W.C Holdings Limited’s forest planning and practices on forest licence A16848 in the Mid-Coast Timber Supply area complied with forest practices legislations.
