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Forest development plan public review and bark beetle management

The Board received a complaint from a member of the public concerning an amendment to a licensee's Five Year Forest Development Plan. The complaint asserted that: a licensee amended its forest development plan for a forest licence without providing adequate time for public review and comment. a licensee was not practicing healthy forest management, in […]
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Audit of Operational Planning: Ministry of Forests, Lakes Forest District Small Business Forest Enterprise Program

The operating area of the Lakes District SBFEP lies within the Lakes Timber Supplay Area (TSA), the eastern most...
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Audit of the Government of British Columbia's Enforcement of the Forest Practices Code in the Vernon Forest District

The Board audited government’s Code enforcement infrastructure and processes in December 1999 in An Audit of the...
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Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: British Columbia Timber Sales Program in the Chilcotin Forest District

The audit examined BCTS’s operational planning; timber harvesting; road construction, maintenance and deactivation;...
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Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Canadian Forest Products Ltd. - TFL 30

The Board conducted a full-scope compliance audit, in which all harvesting, roads, silviculture, protection activities...
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Poor Communication and Planning Led to Complaints about Logging on Sunshine Coast says Forest Practices Board

Victoria - Today, the Forest Practices Board released the results of its investigations of two complaints about logging activities in a rural area near Homesite Creek, approximately 20 kilometres from Sechelt. Local residents were opposed to the logging, and the site was the subject of protests when operations began in January 1998. One complaint asserted […]
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Forestry Watchdog Says Practices Improving —But Wildlife and Biodiversity Protection Still Missing from Code

Victoria - Forest practices in BC have improved significantly and the environmental impacts associated with logging and road construction have been reduced. That is one of the main conclusions of the 1998 Annual Report of the Forest Practices Board, tabled yesterday in the BC Legislature. "There is some good news here. Forest companies, government and […]
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Supreme Court Upholds Forest Practices Board's Freedom To Comment

Victoria - The BC Supreme Court has rejected a legal argument that would have seriously impaired the ability of the Forest Practices Board to report what is going on in the province's forests. The Forest Practices Board's right to fully report its audit findings to the public was upheld in the Nov. 30th decision. In […]
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Forest Practices Board Fights For Right To Release Audit

Victoria - The Forest Practices Board announced today that it will oppose an application to prevent it from issuing its audit report about Northwood Inc.'s forest practices near Houston, B.C. On Dec.21, Northwood will ask the Court of Appeal to prohibit release of the board report until the court decides the company's appeal of a […]
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Protection of scenic areas near Williston Lake consistent with Forest Practices Code

Victoria - The Ministry of Forests' decision to identify scenic areas and establish visual quality objectives for areas visible from Williston Lake was reasonable and met Forest Practices Code requirements, said the Forest Practices Board in a report released today. In its report, the board recommends the district manager start a process for public participation. […]
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