In November 2017, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint about impacts to water quality in the Peachland and Trepanier community watersheds. The complainants asserted that forestry activities in the watersheds have negatively affected the quality of drinking water and increased the number of boil water advisory notices, resulted in stream bank erosion and caused […]
In September 2008, the Forest Practices Board conducted a limited scope compliance audit of the British Columbia Timber…
On April 28, 2008, the Blue Mountain and Kanaka Creek Conservation Group submitted a complaint to the Forest Practices…
This special report takes a look at the results of Board audits under the Forest and Range Practices Act and the…
An audit of Ka-Bar Resources Ltd.’s forestry activities, 45 kilometres northeast of Princeton, found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation, according to a report released today.
25 Years of Independence In 2020, the Forest Practices Board will be 25 years old. When it was first established in 1995, one of the most important attributes of the Board was that it would act independently and work on behalf of the public interest. From its inception, the concept of independence was built into […]
As many of you have seen, we are actively recruiting for a new Chair for our Board and we hope to have the new chair in place early in 2023. In the meantime, the Board and staff continue to carry out our work auditing and investigating forest and range practices, and identifying opportunities for improvement […]
This is a report on a compliance audit of Forest Licence A18979 held by Slocan Group – Radium Division. The audit…
This investigation examines a complaint that Riverside Forest Products Limited (the licensee) is not adequately…
