VICTORIA – Management of recreation sites and trails within the Central Cariboo Forest District will be audited by the Forest Practices Board during the week of Aug. 11, 2008. The board carries out periodic independent audits to see if government and forest companies are complying with provincial forest practices legislation. In January 2006, the Ministry […]
Forest companies should go beyond simple compliance and exercise increased diligence when logging near threatened species, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today.
This special investigation examines a series of complaints made by the An Dsap Wilp Society (the society), a group of…
Forest practices in the Sechelt and Powell River Community Forests, and two community forest licences held by the Sliammon and Klahoose First Nations, all complied with provincial forestry legislation, according to a Forest Practices Board audit report released today.
Audit announcement of the forest service roads (FSRs) maintained in the Campbell River, Okanagan-Shuswap and Peace natural resource districts.
A local resident in the Okanagan-Shuswap was concerned about the maintenance of the Cooke Creek Forest Service Road (FSR) near Dale Lake. In May 2014, Dale Lake, near Enderby, overflowed and caused a debris flood down Cooke Creek. The complainant believed that the debris flood could have been prevented if district staff had acted on his warnings […]
This is the Board’s report on a compliance audit of Forest Licence (FL) A18171, held by The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. (…
VICTORIA – Planning and field activities undertaken by the British Columbia Timber Sales (BCTS) Program and timber sale licensees in the southern portion of the Headwaters Forest District near Clearwater complied with forest practices legislation, according to a Forest Practices Board audit report released today. The audit of the BCTS program and timber sale licensees […]
In August 1996, the Forest Practices Board (the Board) received a complaint about the construction of a bridge across…
