VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit BC Timber Sales’ operations in the Mackenzie Forest District, from Sept. 26 to 30, 2011. The audit will examine timber harvesting, road construction and maintenance, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning activities carried out by BC Timber Sales and timber sale licence holders over the past two […]
FORT ST. JOHN – An audit of four woodlots in the Peace Natural Resource District found all four met the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act. “Two of these woodlots suffered major timber losses due to wildfire, which significantly affected their operations,” said Kevin Kriese, Forest Practices Board chair. […]
VICTORIA – The board will audit the forest practices of BC Timber Sales in the Cranbrook and Invermere timber supply areas (TSAs), starting Monday, Aug. 20. The audit will examine operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire preparedness and fire hazard abatement for compliance with forest practices legislation. The Cranbrook TSA encompasses the cities of Cranbrook, […]
VICTORIA – Despite repeated Forest Practices Board recommendations to act, the Province has not developed a strategy for conserving marbled murrelet habitat, leaving forest professionals and industry with weak direction on what is necessary to ensure the survival of the threatened seabird, says a new board report. The report, Conservation of Species at Risk under […]
Public Engagement on Amendments to the Forest and Range Practices Act (June 2019) As part of government’s public consultation on proposed amendments to FRPA, the Forest Practices Board submitted comments on the need for modernized planning under FRPA. READ Board Submission Priorities for Strengthening the Forest and Range Practices Act (August 2019) This letter provides […]
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the forestry activities of Teal Cedar Products Ltd. in the Chilliwack resource district, during the week of July 6, 2015. The audit will include all operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture, and wildfire protection practices carried out over the last year for compliance with the Forest and Range […]
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of BC Timber Sales’ operations in the Squamish Forest District portion of the Chinook Business Area during the week of Aug. 22 to 26. The audit will examine timber harvesting, road construction and maintenance, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning activities carried out by BC […]
Victoria – Today, the Forest Practices Board released its report concluding its investigation of a complaint about a slump of soil material which flowed into an unnamed stream. The slump occurred on a newly constructed logging road approximately 45 kilometres northeast of Terrace BC. The road, known as Fiddler Main Road, was built by Skeena […]
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. […]
