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Forest Resources and the Toba Montrose Creek Hydroelectric Project
Two organizations, Friends of Bute Inlet and the Sierra Club of BC, complained to the Forest Practices Board about the…
Board membership changes announced
VICTORIA – Al Gorley, chair of the Forest Practices Board, has issued the following statement upon the announcement of Cabinet appointments by Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson today: “On behalf of board members and staff at the Forest Practices Board, we are pleased to welcome new board chair Timothy Ryan to […]
McLeod Lake Mackenzie Community Forest receives good audit
VICTORIA – An audit of the McLeod Lake Mackenzie community forest in the Mackenzie Natural Resource District has found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation. The community forest is jointly managed by the District of Mackenzie and the McLeod Lake Indian Band. “We are pleased to see that the community forest carried out sound forest practices and […]
Ranchers on track, but government needs to improve enforcement
B.C.’s Ministry of Forests needs to follow its own policy for making sure range practices on Crown lands are meeting Forest Practices Code requirements.
More transparency needed in Rocky Mountian Trench logging plans
VICTORIA – McBride Forest Industries and the Headwaters Forest District should provide more detailed information in logging plans for the Rocky Mountain Trench, the Forest Practices Board reported today. The board investigated a complaint by the Fraser Headwaters Alliance. The complainant was primarily concerned about the licensee’s ability to meet the visual quality objectives (VQOs) […]
Area-Based Audit of Forest Planning and Practices, and Enforcement of the Forest Practices Code in a Portion of the Kispiox Forest District
This is the Board’s report on the area-based audit of licensees’ compliance with, and government’s enforcement of, the…
Cattle Grazing on the Overton-Moody Range Unit
This investigation is about cattle grazing on the Overton-Moody Range Unit near Grand Forks. The complainant asserts…
Harvesting Near a Recreational Trail on the Sunshine Coast
In February 2012, a member of the public who regularly hikes on the Sunshine Coast Trail near Powell River complained…
