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Forest Practices Board’s Streams Investigation Nears Completion

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board’s special investigation of forest planning and practices near streams in coastal areas of B.C. is nearing completion. The field work was completed in late October, 1997 and the analysis of the results has been ongoing since that time. The report is now being written and the Board plans to […]

Forest Practices Board Releases Results of an Audit of Slocan Group – Radium Division

Victoria – Slocan Group – Radium Division is complying with the Forest Practices Code, with the exception of one road construction practice that involves a small area of Slocan’s operations, according to a Forest Practices Board audit that was released today. The one issue identified by the audit occurred where excessive amounts of rock and […]

Board to audit forest licence in Houston area

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Northern Engineered Wood Products on non-renewable forest licence A85566 in the Nadina Natural Resource District during the week of July 23, 2019. Auditors will examine whether harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning, carried out by Northern Engineered Wood Products between July 1, […]

Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd. Gets Clean Audit From Forest Practices Board

VICTORIA – Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd. operations in the Okanagan Valley is complying with the Forest Practices Code according to a Forest Practices Board audit released today. “Gorman’s practices complied with the Code in all significant respects,” said Board Chair, Keith Moore. “The company used innovative methods to provide the public with an adequate opportunity […]

New forest stewardship plans still lacking

VICTORIA – A followup report on implementing recommendations to improve forest stewardship plans has found some improvement in the quality of plans but concludes the recommendations have not yet been fully implemented. In August 2015, the board published a special investigation report called Forest Stewardship Plans: Are They Meeting Expectations? That investigation found the quality […]

Board to Audit Timber Sales Program Operation

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of government’s BC Timber Sales program in the Chilcotin Forest District. The B.C. Timber Sales program used to be called the Small Business Forest Enterprise Program. The audit will look at a number of operations scattered throughout the Chilcotin Forest District, as […]

Board to audit forest practices on oil and gas sites near Fort Nelson

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest practices of oil and gas companies Apache Canada Ltd. and Devon Canada Corporation near Fort Nelson, from Oct. 4 to Oct. 8, 2010. The audit will assess compliance of forestry operations carried out during oil and gas-related activities, such as construction of well sites, access […]

Board to audit government forestry operations in Squamish

VICTORIA -The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of the Ministry of Forests small business forest enterprise program in the Squamish forest district this fall. The audit will look at the program’s operations near Harrison Lake, Squamish, Pemberton, Boulder Creek and in Tree Farm Licence 38 on the western edge of […]

Tanizul Timber passes audit of community forest licence

VICTORIA – An audit of Community Forest Agreement CFA K4B, near Fort St. James, has found that Tanizul Timber Ltd. met the requirements of provincial forestry legislation, according to a report released today. “The auditors found that Tanizul is meeting the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act on the […]