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Audit of Timber Harvesting and Road Activities: FL A16828 - Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.

This is a report on a compliance audit of Forest Licence A16828 held by Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd., Houston Division. The audit examined Northwood’s timber harvesting and road practices, and the related operational plans for the period July 1, 1996, to July 1, 1997, to assess compliance with the Forest Practices Code of British […]
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Conservation of Biological Diversity: An Assessment of the Application of Criteria and Indicators

This report by the Forest Practices Board sets out what the Board believes to be a comprehensive, verifiable and...
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Submission to the Natural Resource Roads Act - December 2011

This paper presents the submission of the Forest Practices Board to the Natural Resource Road Act Project, in response...
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Professional Reliance Review - FPB Submission

The Forest Practices Board made a submission to the government's review of the professional reliance model in British Columbia. The submission is based on the Board's experience in auditing and investigating forest and range practices throughout the province and reviewing the role of professionals in the course of that work.
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Audit of Road and Bridge Maintenance and Silviculture Activities and Obligations - Canfor FL A17007

As part of its 2017 compliance audit program, the Board randomly selected the Fort Nelson Natural Resource District as the location for a compliance audit. Within the district the Board selected forest licence A17007, held by Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor), for audit. This was a limited scope compliance audit with a one-year timeframe. As […]
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Forestry Audit: Range Agreements in Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District

In September 2018, the Forest Practices Board audited range planning and practices on five agreements for grazing in the Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District. The range tenures are located between Cranbrook and Golden, and near Fernie, BC. The audit involved assessing compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act, including the required content of range use […]
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Road Deactivation and Impacts to Fish Habitat near Kelowna

In November 2017, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a member of the public alleging that culverts at stream crossings on a section of forest road were removed and the channels filled with dirt, causing harm to fish and damage to fish habitat. The complaint also alleges that, despite reporting the situation to […]
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Closing Letter: Bastion Creek Community Watershed

In April 2019, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a business owner and an environmental society (the complainants) who requested access to a hydrological assessment prepared for the Bastion Creek community watershed. The assessment was commissioned jointly for BC Timber Sales and Canoe Forest Products (the licensees).
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Closing Letter - Harvesting in Caribou Migration Corridor in the Anzac Drainage

On November 28, 2019, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a Prince George resident that Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) is harvesting within a caribou corridor in the Anzac drainage. The Board determined that Canfor’s development in the Anzac caribou corridors is consistent with the general wildlife measures.
The Board conducts its work throughout British Columbia, and we respectfully acknowledge the territories of the many Indigenous Peoples who have lived on these lands since time immemorial.
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