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Audit of Timber Harvesting and Road Activities: Ainsworth Lumber Company Ltd. - Pulpwood Agreement # 16 and West Fraser Mills Ltd. - FL A20001

Timber harvesting and road planning activities undertaken by Ainsworth Lumber Company Ltd. on pulp agreement #16 and...
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Wildlife and Cattle Grazing in the East Kootenay

The complainant, a retired range agrologist, is concerned that Crown rangelands in the East Kootenay area of the Rocky...
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Logging in Spotted Owl Habitat in the Blackwater Creek Valley

In June 2007, the Board received a complaint about a timber sale in the Blackwater Creek Valley near D’Arcy, in the...
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Forestry Audit: British Columbia Timber Sales Cariboo-Chilcotin Business Area (Quesnel Field Unit)

The audit examined both BCTS’ and TSL holders’ obligations and activities. BCTS is responsible for operational planning...
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Logging and Winter Stream Flow in Twinflower Creek

In 2011, a complainant experienced an unexpected loss of water and two floods. Concerned that his property, livelihood...
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Community Watersheds: From Objectives to Results on the Ground

Drinking water is of paramount concern to British Columbians. Government regulates the safe and reliable supply of...
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Harvesting Impacts on Natural Range Barriers near Sharpe Lake

A rancher in the south Cariboo was concerned that West Fraser Mills Ltd. did not mitigate impacts to a natural range...
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Issue #3 - Summer 2010

I was honored to take on the position of Chair as of May 1, and appreciate the opportunity to work with our highly skilled and dedicated board members and staff. British Columbians rely on the Board to be an independent and trusted voice. Since the Board was established 15 years ago there have been significant changes in […]
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Issue #8 - Winter 2012/13

“Social licence” is a term used to describe the general approval society gives to industries operating  on public lands. The extent to which social licence exists depends  upon the public’s confidence that industries will follow the rules, act responsibly, and generate more public benefit than harm. The Board believes that independent  oversight is an important and cost-effective method for fostering […]
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Campbell River audit finds compliance problems with timber sales program

An audit of BC Timber Sales’ (BCTS) Strait of Georgia Business Area has found several instances of non-compliance with provincial forestry legislation by timber sale licence holders and BCTS operating within the Campbell River area.
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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