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Logging not major factor in Peachland water issues
VICTORIA – An investigation of the impacts of forestry activities on drinking water from the Peachland and Trepanier community watersheds has found that forest licensees did a good job of minimizing the impacts of logging on water and that natural processes played a much larger role in the boil water advisories that Peachland has experienced […]
Gilpin Creek Debris Slide
In the spring of 2011, water from a trough located above Gilpin Creek, on the Overton-Moody Range Unit near Grand Forks…
Audit of the Small Scale Salvage Program in the Kamloops Forest District
The Ministry of Forests and Range’s enforcement of small scale salvage practices was found to be appropriate. However,…
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Selkirk Natural Resource District – Woodlot Licence W0438
As part of its 2015 compliance audit program, the Forest Practices Board selected woodlot W0438, held by Jeffrey Mattes, in the Selkirk District, for audit. The woodlot’s operations are located on south of Kaslo, along Highway 31. The audit found that planning and practices generally complied with the Forest and Range Practices Act and the […]
Forest Stewardship Plans: Are They Meeting Expectations?
When the Forest and Range Practices Act became law over a decade ago, forest stewardship plans (FSPs) replaced…
Forest Planning and Practices at East Creek
Sierra Club BC submitted a complaint about logging practices in the East Creek Valley. This valley is just north of Mquqwin / Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park on northwest Vancouver Island. Sierra Club BC (the complainant) was concerned with a wide range of issues related to forest planning and practices.
Planting problem found in Quesnel area audit
VICTORIA – An audit of BC Timber Sales’ operations near Quesnel found most planning and forestry activities complied with forest practices legislation. However, the audit identified eight cutblocks that were planted with seedlings not meant for those areas. “This contravenes the government’s limits for the transfer of seed between areas,” said board chair Bruce Fraser. […]
