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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 […]
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SR01-Comment-on-Cutblock-Review

SR01-Comment-on-Cutblock-Review
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ARC03-West-Fraser-Mills-FLA20021

ARC03-West-Fraser-Mills-FLA20021
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ARC06-Slocan-Group-Radium-Division-FLA18979

ARC06-Slocan-Group-Radium-Division-FLA18979
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ARC07-Tolko-Industries-Ltd-FLA18696

ARC07-Tolko-Industries-Ltd-FLA18696
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Closing Letter

Closing Letter
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I witnessed a forestry truck driving recklessly, who can I report this to?

You can report it to the nearest natural resource district office: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/ministry-of-forests-lands-and-natural-resource-operations-region-district-contacts
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If you don’t have any enforcement authority, how can you be effective?

The Board makes all its reports and recommendations public, including to the media, which has been an effective method to persuade the forest industry and government to act in response.
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Is the Board part of the Ministry of Forests?

No – the Board reports to government and to the public on the state of forest practices, but it is an independent agency and does not take direction from the Ministry of Forests or any other government ministry.
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Are you part of the BC Provincial Government? How are you different?

The Board is a government agency, fulfilling an administrative tribunal role. However, the Board operates separately from any ministry and takes direction from its appointed Board. Although the Board does not have enforcement powers, it does provide oversight of government and industry forest and range practices. The Board’s role is similar to the Auditor General […]
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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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