VICTORIA – Forestry auditors will be in the Headwaters Forest District from Aug. 24 to 28 to look at how well six forestry operators are protecting visual quality. The audit area extends from Wells Gray Provincial Park east to the Columbia Mountains and includes the communities of Clearwater, Blue River and Vavenby. Scenic areas within the Yellowhead […]
The Forest Practices Board today released a report on the results of its first audit of a Ministry of Forests Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (SBFEP). The audit examined – an audit of the operational planning for forest management activities approved between January and October 1996 in the Lakes Forest District SBFEP, near Burns Lake, […]
West Fraser’s forest practices are in full compliance with the Forest Practices Code, while the company’s pine beetle management practices could be improved, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
VICTORIA – Vernon forestry consultant Debbie Zandbelt has been appointed to the Forest Practices Board. Zandbelt, a professional forester, has worked in government, industry and consulting in both B.C. and Alberta. Zandbelt is currently working primarily in the areas of professional forestry guidance, timber appraisals and silviculture. She chairs the Association of BC Forest Professionals […]
Victoria – Today, the Forest Practices Board began an audit of Forest Licence A18671, held by Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd. The operating area for this licence is in the South Okanagan on both sides of Okanagan Lake close to Westbank, Naramata and Summerland, as well as south of that area around Keremeos. The audit will […]
Victoria – The Forest Practices Board today released the results of its investigation into a complaint by a local resident relating to the silviculture prescription for a timber sale cutblock near Homesite Creek, 20 kilometres from Sechelt. The Board concluded that the silviculture prescription complied with the requirements of the Forest Practices Code and the […]
VICTORIA– Two non-replaceable forest licences, A56805, held by Yun Ka Whu’ten Holdings Ltd., and A73558, held by Sigurdson Bros. Logging Company Ltd., will be audited the week of Oct. 9, 2007. The Yun Ka Whu’ten Holdings operations are located in the vicinity of Anahim Lake, which is about 200 kilometres west of Alexis Creek and […]
