An audit of Interfor’s operations on the north central coast found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation as well as the Central North Coast and South Central Coast Orders which support ecosystem-based management (EBM), according to a report released today.
The Board decided in September 2012 that there would be value in summarizing common themes and trends in forest practices, based on our observations of the past few years. This led to a number of bulletins and special reports – some of which are now published and others still in the works. I’ve been very […]
Shawnigan Lake Watershed Watch, an organization made up of local residents, complained to the Forest Practices Board…
VICTORIA – An investigation of 269 bridges and 59 wood-box culverts constructed throughout the province in the last three years has found significant improvement since a similar investigation was published in 2014, according to a new report. “We set out to see whether practices had improved as a result of our last report in 2014 […]
On November 5, 2013, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint about proposed harvesting and road construction,…
VICTORIA – An audit of the BC Timber Sales program and 18 timber sale licensees in the Chilliwack Natural Resource District found that BCTS and several timber sale licensees did not comply with provincial forestry legislation related to protecting scenic areas and ensuring proper bridge and culvert construction, according to a report released today. A […]
In March 2003, four forest companies (the complainants) located in the Okanagan/Shuswap area asked the Board to…
Strategic land use planning can touch on all aspects of natural resource management. At the Forest Practices Board, our…
A recent Forest Practices Board audit found that road building and upgrading by a Timber Sale License holder (the TSL…
