In February 2010, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a resident of Nanoose Bay about forest practices in the Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem (CDF). The complainant is concerned about these issues:
- Whether government is abiding by an earlier commitment not to issue new forest tenures in the CDF.
- That district lot (DL) 33, a 64-hectare parcel of Crown land near Nanoose Bay, was not selected for ecosystem protection.
- The apparent lack of public consultation about proposed logging on DL 33.
- Whether government is adequately protecting the CDF ecosystem.
On October 18, 2009, a resident of Crescent Valley, near Castlegar, complained to the Forest Practices Board that road building by BC Timber Sales (BCTS) had caused Mounce Creek, the stream the complainant draws water from, to become unfit for human consumption.
Mounce Creek is on Mount Sentinel, is the domestic water supply for the complainant’s home and a neighbouring residence, and is also the source of water for the complainant’s livestock. The intake, or point of diversion (POD), feeds a holding tank which in turn feeds a cistern, from which the two homeowners extract their water.
The complainant submitted a complaint to the Forest Practices Board on December 23, 2009 regarding Coast Tsimshian Resources Limited Partnership (the licensee) planned logging above the Kleanza-Singlehurst Community Watershed (the watershed). The complainant’s primary concern was that the licensee had not effectively consulted with local residents about the logging plans in the watershed. He was also concerned that the logging will damage forest values such as water, fish and visual quality.
In December 2008, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a rancher about proposed salvage harvesting of mountain pine beetle killed trees in the Big Creek area southwest of Williams Lake. The complainant was concerned that harvesting by Tolko Industries Ltd. (the licensee) would exacerbate the already altered hydrology of the area.
