VICTORIA– In a new report on the state of access management, the Forest Practices Board estimates that B.C. now has over 600,000 kilometres of resource roads and concludes that the provincial government’s information about and management of these roads remains inadequate. “It is extremely difficult for the public and other users of resource roads to […]
Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a forest management approach intended to maintain ecosystem integrity while…
Northern Nlaka’pamux Forestry Resources Ltd., based in Lytton, compiled with forest practices legislation and worked efficiently to salvage fire-damaged timber. NNFR also followed the direction set by the Kamloops Land and Resource Management Plan, in areas such as retaining undamaged trees in old-growth management areas and respecting the needs of recreational users.
OPINION-EDITORIAL by Tim Ryan VICTORIA – Sept. 24-30, 2017 marks National Forest Week in Canada. Established around 1920 as Forest Fire Prevention Week, the origins were to encourage greater public awareness towards Canada’s forests. At the time, the greatest threat to forests came from forest fires, mainly due to human causes. Since then, National Forest […]
