Flooding of Ponds on Neskonlith Indian Reserve in the Salmon Arm Forest District
The report examines if the flooding of ponds on the Neskonlith Indian Reserve was caused by forest practices and…
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Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Pacific Inland Resources – FL A16830
This is a report on a compliance audit of Forest Licence A16830 held by Pacific Inland Resources, a division of West…
Forest Planning and Practices at East Creek
Sierra Club BC submitted a complaint about logging practices in the East Creek Valley. This valley is just north of Mquqwin / Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park on northwest Vancouver Island. Sierra Club BC (the complainant) was concerned with a wide range of issues related to forest planning and practices.
Forest Harvesting and Streamflows in the Bonneau Creek Watershed
In June 2014, a landowner near Echo Lake, east of Lumby BC, complained to the Board that forest harvesting in the…
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: South Island District Woodlots – Woodlot Licences W0011, W0020, W1479, W1526, W1713, W1902, W1903, W1906
As part of the Forest Practices Board’s 2013 compliance audit program, the Board selected the South Island District as…
Independent study finds B.C.’s forests are regenerating very well
Victoria – A Forest Practices Board study has found that forest licensees, government and forestry professionals have done an excellent job of ensuring most trees replanted in 6,488 cutblocks across the province are growing into healthy forests. Each year, more than 200 million seedlings are planted in B.C. Following the logging of public land, forest companies […]
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Stella-Jones Canada Incorp. – FL A20196
As part of its 2012 compliance audit program, the Forest Practices Board selected Stella-Jones Canada Incorporated’s (…
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Skeena Sawmills Ltd. – TFL 41, FL A16882 and FL A16885
As part of its 2018 compliance audit program, the Board randomly selected the Coast Mountains Natural Resource District as the location for a full scope compliance audit. Within the district, the Board selected tree farm licence (TFL) 41, forest licence (FL) A16882 and FL A16885, held by Skeena Sawmills Ltd. (Skeena), for audit. Skeena operates […]
Board to audit Stella-Jones’s forestry operations
VICTORIA — The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest practices of Stella-Jones Canada Inc. on Forest Licence A20196 starting August 7, 2012. The audit will look at harvesting, silviculture, protection, road construction, road maintenance and deactivation, and operational planning that took place in the past two years for compliance with forest practices legislation. The […]
Maintenance of the Cooke Creek Forest Service Road near Enderby
A local resident in the Okanagan-Shuswap was concerned about the maintenance of the Cooke Creek Forest Service Road (FSR) near Dale Lake. In May 2014, Dale Lake, near Enderby, overflowed and caused a debris flood down Cooke Creek. The complainant believed that the debris flood could have been prevented if district staff had acted on his warnings […]
