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Forest Practices Board Fights For Right To Release Audit

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board announced today that it will oppose an application to prevent it from issuing its audit report about Northwood Inc.’s forest practices near Houston, B.C. On Dec.21, Northwood will ask the Court of Appeal to prohibit release of the board report until the court decides the company’s appeal of a […]

Supreme Court Upholds Forest Practices Board’s Freedom To Comment

Victoria – The BC Supreme Court has rejected a legal argument that would have seriously impaired the ability of the Forest Practices Board to report what is going on in the province’s forests. The Forest Practices Board’s right to fully report its audit findings to the public was upheld in the Nov. 30th decision. In […]

Forest development plan public review and bark beetle management

The Board received a complaint from a member of the public concerning an amendment to a licensee’s Five Year Forest Development Plan. The complaint asserted that: a licensee amended its forest development plan for a forest licence without providing adequate time for public review and comment. a licensee was not practicing healthy forest management, in […]

Forest Practices Board annual report details accomplishments

VICTORIA –The Forest Practices Board’s annual report, reviewing the board’s accomplishments and key findings from April 2011 to March 2012, was released today, and it illustrates the Board’s efforts to look at a range of different resource developments affecting public forest land. “Last year we audited some non-typical forestry operations to see if the generally […]