Bridge Maintenance Not Up to Code – Forest Practices Code non-compliances in bridge inspections and maintenance
The Forest Practices Code has requirements in place to ensure that bridges along logging roads are built, maintained…
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Bulletin 015 – Public Involvement in Forest Management Planning in BC (2013)
This bulletin explores an important component of a sound planning and management framework for forest management…
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: BCTS and Timber Sale Licence Holders – Morice TSA and Babine Business Area
As part of the Forest Practices Board’s 2014 compliance audit program, the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program and…
Mid Coast Audit Reports Harm to Marine and Stream Habitats
Victoria – The forestry operations of the Mid Coast district’s small business forest enterprise program generally complied with Forest Practices Code requirements, says a report released today by the Forest Practices Board. The only significant non-compliance involved harvesting along the marine foreshore and road construction next to a fish-bearing stream. The report concludes the board’s […]
Meadow Creek Cedar Ltd. – Forest Practices and Government Enforcement
In May 2011, a resident of Meadow Creek, BC filed a complaint with the Forest Practices Board regarding the forestry practices of Meadow Creek Cedar Ltd. (MCC). The Board investigated and found that some of MCC’s roads, …
Board to audit forestry activities near Smithers
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Lowell A. Johnson Consultants Ltd. on forest licence A77026 and non-replaceable forest licence A90554, during the week of Oct. 5, 2015. The auditors will examine all operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture and wildfire protection practices for compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act […]
Dunkley Lumber Slows Mountain Pine Beetle Spread
A Quesnel-area forest company is getting high marks from the Forest Practices Board for the way it managed mountain pine beetle, and for the light footprint it left on a recently-audited operating area
Pilot Audit of Soil Conservation in the Columbia Forest District
This soil conservation pilot audit took place in the Golden Timber Supply Area of the Columbia Forest District. Three…
Board releases first audit of government
Forest Practices Board has released a report on its test audit of government’s enforcement of the Forest Practices Code within an entire forest district.
