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Plant Communities at Risk from Logging
VICTORIA – An investigation of a complaint about logging near Mt. Elphinstone Park has found that BC Timber Sales met all of its obligations in developing the cutblocks, but concludes that some at-risk plant communities are not adequately protected by current legislation or policy. The complaint was submitted by Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF), an environmental […]
Troll Resort Ltd OLTCs L43043 and L48493: Audit of Planning and Practices
As part of the Forest Practices Board’s 2011 compliance audit program, the Board randomly selected the Quesnel District…
Effects of the Macdougall Creek Bridge on Access to the East Side of Babine Lake
On December 1, 2000, the Fort St. James district manager approved a forest development plan amendment submitted by…
Seismic line crossing of streams, east of Fort Nelson, BC
This report provides the results of the Forest Practices Board’s investigation into seismic line stream crossings near…
FSR Bridges: Inspections and Maintenance
In January 2004, the Forest Practices Board initiated an investigation of bridge and major culvert inspection and…
Logging in mountain caribou habitat examined
VICTORIA – An investigation of timber harvesting within mountain caribou habitat near Blue River found that all licensees have met or exceeded the legal requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and a legal order that applies to the area. “We were pleased to find that the forestry, hydroelectric and adventure tourism industries all […]
Beetle killed timber salvage – is it meeting expectations?
A report on the forest industry’s harvesting of beetle-killed timber confirms that industry has been meeting govt’s expectations for concentrating harvesting on dead pine trees, but says the harvest of other kinds of trees is increasing more than expected in some areas of the province.
Logging and Lakeshore Management near Vanderhoof
In May 2009, the Upper Nechako Wilderness Council (the complainant) submitted a complaint that Canadian Forest Products…
