Audit of Forest and Range Planning and Practices Affecting Water Quality in Oyama and Vernon Creek Community Watersheds
Safe drinking water is a critically important resource to the people of British Columbia. This audit set out to assess…
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Special Report: Opportunities to Improve the Forest and Range Practices Act
The purpose of this special report is to identify key opportunities to improve the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA). It is based on a review of Board recommendations from reports published since 2010 and the British Columbia government’s response to those recommendations. In this report, the Board identifies five priority recommendations, discusses why they […]
Special Report on the Forest and Range Evaluation Program
The Forest Practices Board evaluated FREP’s progress in implementing its effectiveness monitoring role in the FRPA framework, using FREP’s intended program outcomes as the evaluation criteria. This is a report on the Board’s findings.
Board to Audit Forestry and Range near Hazelton
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct a Forest Practices Code audit next month, west of Hazelton in the Kispiox forest district. The audit will look at all code-regulated activities in the selected area, including government enforcement. Operators to be audited include the Ministry of Forests small business program, a number of major forest […]
Enforcing the Code on Range Land in Oliver, BC
On September 25, 2000, the Board received a complaint from an Oliver resident. The complainant lives on White Lake road…
A Decade in Review: Observations on Regulation of Forest and Range Practices in BC
One of the fundamental purposes of the Forest Practices Board is to encourage continual improvements in forest and…
Water protection subject of audit in Okanagan Shuswap Forest District
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit how well forest and range practices in the Vernon and Oyama Creek community watersheds are protecting water quality, beginning October 18. The forest practices of Tolko Industries Ltd, BC Timber Sales and the Ministry of Forests and Range’s small scale salvage program, as well as range practices […]
Closing Letter – Harvesting in Moose Ungulate Winter Range in the Okanagan District
Resident of Lake Country filed a complaint with the Board asserting that Tolko Industries Ltd. overharvested trees in…
