Closing Letter: French Road Cattle
A resident of Kersley filed a complaint that wind-thrown Crown timber and excessive undergrowth have damaged her fence…
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Closing Letter – Wildlife Tree Retention
Elphinstone Logging Focus (the complainant), an environmental group based on the Sunshine Coast, asserted that several good candidates for wildlife trees in Timber Sale Licence (TSL) A93884 were cut down, while others retained as wildlife trees were of poorer quality. The complainant believes that this practice will result in diminishing biodiversity. The complainant would like […]
Audit of Timber Harvesting and Road Activities: TFL 19 – Doman-Western Lumber Ltd.
This is a report on a compliance audit of Tree Farm Licence 19 held by Doman-Western Lumber Ltd. The audit examined…
Approval of Logging in Areas Suitable for Marbled Murrelets
The Board received a complaint from the Carmanah Forestry Society, alleging that the approval of logging near Jordan…
Timber Harvesting in Mountain Caribou Habitat
Mountain caribou are at risk in the southern two-thirds of British Columbia. The government has identified habitat loss…
Post-Fire Site Rehabilitation: Final Report
The special investigation report examined government’s efforts at rehabilitating damage to forests caused by fire…
Cattle and Horse Grazing near Choelquoit Lake
In November 2002, a guide outfitter (the complainant) asked the Board to investigate several range use issues on the…
Range Use Near Midway, BC
The complainant has operated a woodlot on his land near Midway, 60 kilometres east of Osoyoos, for 30 years. For the…
Government Enforcement and the Due Diligence Defence
The Sierra Club of Canada (B.C. Branch) asked the Board to investigate how the defence of due diligence is being…
Salvage Logging after a Wildfire at Sitkum Creek
In 2007, a wildfire burned in the Sitkum Creek Watershed, near Nelson. The Ministry of Forests and Range (MFR) has…
