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Board to audit forest licence near Vanderhoof
VANDERHOOF – The Forest Practices Board will examine the forestry activities of Saik’uz First Nation on non-replaceable forest licence A91154 in the Stuart Nechako Natural Resource District during the week of Aug. 19, 2019. Auditors will examine whether harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning carried out by Saik’uz First Nation between Aug. 1, […]
Chair of the Forest Practices Board Appointed to Second Term
The Chair of the Forest Practices Board, Keith Moore, was re-appointed by the government on December 18, 1997. Moore is a forester and a former consultant in forest land management and environmental assessment. He is a long time resident of the Queen Charlotte Islands and is the original chair of the Board, which was established […]
Board to audit Western Forest Products Inc.
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Western Forest Products Inc. on tree farm licence 39, in the Campbell River Natural Resource District, during the week of July 23, 2018. Auditors will examine whether harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning, carried out between July 1, 2017, and July 27, 2018, met […]
Board to conduct area-based audit on southern Vancouver Island
VICTORIA -The Forest Practices Board will conduct an area-based audit this spring in the South Island forest district. “In an area-based audit we examine all activities in an area subject to the Forest Practices Code, rather than focusing on a single licensee or government forestry program,” said board chair Bill Cafferata. “It gives us a […]
Forest watchdog to investigate impact of pine beetle salvage
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will investigate the impact of large-scale salvage of mountain pine beetle-killed timber on reforestation objectives, biodiversity, watershed protection and accumulation of forest fuels over the coming months. Fieldwork for the special investigation will begin this week, and the findings are expected to be released in early 2006. “Just as […]
Co-operation Key to Survival of Coastal Forest Ecosystem
VICTORIA – An investigation report released today upholds a public complaint about proposed logging in a rare forest type near Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island. Local residents filed a complaint with the board when they discovered about one-third of the 64-hectare parcel of coastal Douglas-fir forest, known as DL 33, was slated to be logged, […]
