The BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program in Chilcotin Forest District is in compliance with the Forest Practices Code, except for free-growing obligations, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
VICTORIA – A report released today says that planning requirements for grazing livestock on public lands are not being met, and the Forest Practices Board is recommending that government look at eliminating the preparation of detailed plans for most ranchers and giving them practice requirements that they must follow instead. Under the province’s Forest and […]
An investigation has found that government needs to improve its system for tracking changes in forest land condition in B.C.
My thanks to all of you who’ve contributed to the Board’s success over the past year. The cooperation and feedback we receive goes a long way to making our work rewarding and helps us to continually adapt and improve. This will be my last message as Chair, and I want to express my appreciation for […]
Through 1996 and early 1997, staff of the Bulkley/Cassiar Forest District assisted in carrying out a public process…
VICTORIA – Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has announced the appointment of two new members to the Forest Practices Board. Kevin Kriese, board chair, is pleased to welcome members Cindy Stern and Gail Wallin. “Cindy brings a wealth of strategic forestry knowledge and important experience working with First […]
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
