Search Our Website Content
Board Audit Will Examine Streamside Practices in Kootenay Forest District
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct an audit this month looking at forest activities around streams located in Wyndell Box and Lumber Ltd.’s operating areas in the Kootenay Forest District. In some cases, forest practices, such as harvesting and road and stream crossing construction can have serious environmental impacts on water quality and […]
Government Acted Reasonably to Protect Biodiversity on Mount Elphinstone
Victoria – In a report released today, the Forest Practices Board found that the Ministry of Forests’ approval of logging on Mount Elphinstone was reasonable and met Forest Practices Code requirements. The report concludes the investigation of a complaint from two Sunshine Coast residents who were concerned that an approved road and cutblock between Sechelt […]
Biodiversity Conservation on Mount Elphinstone, Sunshine Coast in the Sunshine Coast Forest District
In August 1999, two residents of the Sunshine Coast complained that forest practices in operational plans approved by…