BC Forest Practices Board 30th Anniversary Logo
Menu
close
Contact

Search Results

File bcfpb_newsrelease

Audit of Timber Harvesting and Road Construction, Maintenance, and Deactivation: FL A19207 - Prettys' Timber Co. Ltd.

VICTORIA - Prettys' Timber's operations in the Chilliwack Forest District complied with most requirements of the Forest Practices Code, according to a report released by the Forest Practices Board today. The exceptions are some forest practices near streams and practices to manage risks from timber blow down. "Prettys' timber harvesting operations generally complied with the […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Forest Practices Board to Audit West Fraser Mills’ Tree Farm License

Victoria - Today, the Forest Practices Board began an audit of Tree Farm Licence 41, held by West Fraser Mills Ltd. and managed by the company’s Terrace office. The operating area for this licence includes the upper Kitimat Valley, the Douglas Channel to Hawkesbury Island and the Devastation Channel area. The audit will examine recent […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Forest Practices Board To Hold Public Meeting in Kelowna

Victoria - Members of the Forest Practices Board will be holding a public meeting on Wednesday evening, March 25, in the San Marco/Cortina Room at the Coast Capri Hotel, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. The Board will make a brief presentation and will invite questions and comments from the public. The Board will be in […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Enforcement of Forest Legislation Appropriate in Fort St. James District

In a special report released today, the Forest Practices Board reports that B.C. has between 400,000 and 500,000 km of resource roads – the distance from the earth to the moon – yet the provincial government’s management of these roads is not as effective or co-ordinated as it should be.
File bcfpb_newsrelease

New results-based approach used for forestry audits

The Forest Practices Board has released two pilot audits on forest soil conservation and streamside (riparian) management , the first board audits to reflect the results-based approach of the new Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA).
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Osborn Thanked for Service on Forest Practices Board

VICTORIA – Smithers resident Liz Osborn was congratulated today for her five years of service with the Forest Practices Board. Osborn served one term on the board from 1999 to 2002 and was subsequently vice-chair from 2002 to 2004. “On behalf of all board members and staff, I want to recognize Liz’s outstanding commitment to […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Forest Practices Board Chair Named

VICTORIA — Bruce Fraser is the new chair of the Forest Practices Board, Forests Minister Michael de Jong said today. Fraser brings a longstanding commitment to sustainable resource management to the position. A forest ecologist by training, Fraser studied under Vladimir Krajina at the University of British Columbia. He has 17 years of experience as […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Audit finds marked improvement in forestry on southern Vancouver Island

Forest companies and government are carrying out good forest practices on Crown lands on southeast Vancouver Island, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Board conducts first audits under Nisga’a Treaty

Victoria -The Forest Practices Board will conduct its first set of audits of compliance and enforcement on Nisga’a lands this summer. The Nisga’a lands cover about 2,000 square kilometres in the Nass River Valley on both sides of the river about 90 kilometres north of Terrace. The operating areas for the auditees are in various […]
File attachment

009-V9-Information_Bulletin

009-V9-Information_Bulletin
1 … 46 47 48 49 50 … 165
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.
 linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram