Search Our Website Content
Bulletin 014 – Professional Reliance in BC Forests: Is it really the issue? (2013)
This bulletin explores professional reliance in BC forest management, and suggests that perhaps too many expectations…
New results-based approach used for forestry audits
The Forest Practices Board has released two pilot audits on forest soil conservation and streamside (riparian) management , the first board audits to reflect the results-based approach of the new Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA).
Forestry roads a risk to grizzly bears in Kettle Granby
VICTORIA – An investigation of a public complaint about management of a threatened grizzly bear population in the Kettle-Granby area has found that the B.C. government has not effectively managed the risk forestry roads pose to the bears and forestry licensees have not met the road density limits recommended by government. “Government does not have […]
Issue #23 – Summer 2020
In the past three months, the Board released two special investigations that, when taken together, show both the strengths and weaknesses of our current regulatory system for forest practices. In April, the Board released a follow-up report on bridge planning, construction and design — Bridges 2. The 2014 report found widespread problems with how bridges […]
Control of Invasive Plants on Crown Land in British Columbia
Management of invasive plants in British Columbia is a complex task involving a range of jurisdictions, legislation,…
