Western Forest Products gets good audit on Sunshine Coast
An audit of Western Forest Products Inc.’s forestry activities on TFL 39, Block 1, found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation, according to a report released today.
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Visuals Audit Shows Good Performance
An audit in the Campbell River Forest District has found good performance by forest companies in limiting the visual impact of logging activities, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
Forest Practices Board annual e-report details accomplishments
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board’s 2008-09 annual report, detailing the board’s accomplishments and key findings during the past fiscal year, was released today. The board carried out eight new audits; responded to over 50 inquiries, concerns and complaints from the public; and issued six special reports about issues in our forests that affect the […]
Managing Recreation Conflicts in a Forest Development Plan
On August 13, 1998, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a mountaineering school operator in the…
Board to audit forestry activities northeast of Princeton
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the forest activities of Ka-Bar Resources Ltd., along the Princeton-Summerland Road near Osprey Lake, on Sept. 16. Auditors will examine planning, timber harvesting, road construction and maintenance, silviculture and fire prevention practices, carried out by Ka-Bar Resources Ltd. under six forest licences to cut, for compliance with […]
Board to audit community forests
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit forest planning and practices on the 100 Mile House Community Forest and the Clinton Community Forest during the week of Sept. 16, 2019. Auditors will examine whether timber harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning carried out between Sept. 1, 2017, and Sept. 20, 2019, met […]
Damage from fighting forest fires fixed
Government is effectively rehabilitating damage to forests caused by fire fighting, according to a Forest Practices Board special investigation report released today.
Bulletin 006 – Guide to the Forest and Range Practices Act (2005)
This bulletin is the sixth in a series of Forest Practices Board bulletins describing new aspects of forest…
Forest Practices Board Gets New Member from Port Moody
Victoria – Mark Haddock from Port Moody, BC is among four new members appointed by the government to a three-year term with the Forest Practices Board. Other new members include Ingrid Davis, from Merritt; Fred Parker, from Castlegar; and Liz Osborn from Telkwa, near Smithers. They join existing Board Chair, Keith Moore, and members John […]
Board to Audit West Fraser Mills Ltd.
VICTORIA – On June 2, the Forest Practices Board will begin an audit of West Fraser Mills Ltd.’s Chasm Sawmills Division, in the 100 Mile House Forest District, for compliance with the Forest Practices Code. The audit will look at West Fraser’s planning and practices on forest licence A20002, southeast of Williams Lake. The licence […]
