BC Timber Sales Program Gets Clean Audit in 100 Mile House
The British Columbia Timber Sales (BCTS) program has received a clean audit for its operations in 100 Mile House Forest District, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
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Board to Audit five woodlots in Quesnel Forest District
VICTORIA – Two Forest Practices Board auditors will visit five woodlots in the Quesnel Forest District from June 15 to 19, spending one day on each woodlot. The board carries out periodic independent audits to see if government and forest companies are complying with provincial forest practices legislation. The audit will examine each woodlot holder’s […]
Board to Audit The Pas Lumber
VICTORIA -The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of The Pas Lumber Co. Ltd. near Bear Lake this fall. The audit will look at The Pas Lumber’s operations on Forest Licence A18171, north of Prince George along Highway 97 from Summit Lake to the vicinity of Kerry Lake. From Bear Lake, […]
Forest Practices Board Auditing Western Forest Products’ Tree Farm Licence – TFL 19
Victoria – Today, the Forest Practices Board began an audit of Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 19, held by Western Forest Products Ltd. The tree farm licence is located on the west side of Vancouver Island, between Strathcona Provincial Park and the coast, from south of Gold River to north of Zeballos. The audit will examine […]
Board to Audit Five Forest Companies in the Sunshine Coast Forest District
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest practices of International Forest Products (Interfor), Terminal Forest Products, Northwest Hardwoods, F.A.B. Logging Co. Ltd., and 9096 Investments Ltd. in the Sunshine Coast Forest District. The companies’ operations are located throughout the Sunshine Coast Forest District—from north of Powell River to south of Sechelt on […]
Training, planning key to successful fire rehabilitation
Timely rehabilitation of forest sites damaged by firefighting efforts depends on well-trained staff, effective coordination and advance planning, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today.
Four New Members Appointed to the Forest Practices Board
Victoria – Four new members were appointed to the Forest Practices Board by the government on March 10th. Ingrid Davis, Mark Haddock, Liz Osborn and Fred Parker were appointed to the Board for three-year terms. They join existing Board Chair, Keith Moore, and members John Cuthbert, Klaus Offermann and Frances Vyse. “I am very pleased […]
Board to conduct first audit of a small scale salvage program
VICTORIA– The board’s first audit of the Ministry of Forests and Range’s small scale salvage program will be conducted in the Kamloops Forest District starting Sept. 24, the Forest Practices Board announced today. Small scale salvage is the recovery of timber not considered economically viable by the major licensees and includes trees that are wind-thrown, […]
Court confirms board’s jurisdiction
The Kamloops forest district’s small business forest enterprise program complied with Forest Practices Code requirements in all significant respects, says a report released today by the Forest Practices Board.
