Section 41 of the Forest Practices Code – Adequate Management and Conservation of Forest Resources
Section 41 of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act (the Act) governs the approval of operational plans to…
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Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Ndazkhot’en Forest Management Ltd. – FLs A65926 and A81934
As part of the Forest Practices Board’s 2013 compliance audit program, the Board randomly selected the Quesnel District…
Cumulative Effects: From Assessment Towards Management
The Forest Practices Board has had growing concerns about the cumulative effects of resource use on the British…
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Mackenzie Fibre Management Corporation – FLTC A87345
As part of the Forest Practices Board’s 2013 compliance audit program, the Board selected the Mackenzie District as the…
Timber Salvage Harvesting and Fisher Management in the Nazko Area
Two trappers in the Nazko Area, near Quesnel complained to the Board that logging practices to salvage mountain pine beetle killed pine trees have removed fisher habitat on their trapline. They claim habitat loss will affect their livelihood and were concerned that salvage operations were not being managed to maintain fisher and other wildlife habitats. […]
Closing Letter: Forest Practices Board’s report on management of Haida Gwaii goshawks complaint
The Sierra Club’s Haida Gwaii group filed a complaint regarding development within the Bonanza Wildlife Habitat Area…
Management of Douglas-fir Bark Beetles Southeast of Kamloops, BC
An experienced forest worker was concerned that Tolko had not removed all the trees it felled to trap Douglas-fir bark beetle before the insects emerged and that some of its harvest practices increased the infestation level in ungulate winter range in the Upper Salmon River area. Douglas-fir bark beetle is normally present at low levels […]
Audit of Visual Resources Management: Campbell River Forest District
Interfor, TFL Forest Ltd. (Timberwest), Weyerhaeuser Ltd. and Canfor, along with BCTS, in the Campbell River Forest…
