Enhancing the Board’s Ability to Appeal FDP Approvals
Enhancing the Board’s Ability to Appeal Forest Development Plan Approvals: A special report on the need to amend…
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Forest Practices Board releases decision on Complaint Investigation
The Forest Practices Board has announced a decision regarding a complaint filed with the Board by five organizations from the Cariboo region in December, 1995. The complainants asserted that forest development plans for the Quesnel River watershed prepared by five licensees and the Ministry of Forests Small Business Forest Enterprise Program were not consistent with […]
Balancing Community Needs and Pine Beetle Logging in the Robson Valley
The Fraser Headwaters Alliance (the complainant) complained to the Forest Practices Board about a plan to harvest trees…
Timber sales program near Powell River receives clean audit
VICTORIA – An audit of the British Columbia Timber Sales (BCTS) program and timber sale licensees near Powell River found timber harvesting and forest road work met all legislative requirements, according to a report released today. “These operators are carrying out forest practices as the public expects them to, by following the Forest and Range […]
New Members for Forest Practices Board
VICTORIA – Cabinet has appointed three members to the Forest Practices Board. Marlene Machmer, R.P.Bio and Angeline Nyce, RPF, were appointed for two-year terms, and current board member Bill Dumont, RPF, was reappointed for a two-year term. “I am very pleased to see Bill Dumont reappointed, and I welcome Marlene Machmer and Angeline Nyce to […]
Range Agreements Pass Audit
NEWS RELEASE – The holders of two range agreements for grazing cattle in the Thompson Rivers Natural Resource District generally met the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act, according to a report released today
Board to audit Stella-Jones’s forestry operations
VICTORIA — The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest practices of Stella-Jones Canada Inc. on Forest Licence A20196 starting August 7, 2012. The audit will look at harvesting, silviculture, protection, road construction, road maintenance and deactivation, and operational planning that took place in the past two years for compliance with forest practices legislation. The […]
Forest Practices Board Releases Annual Report for 2006-07 fiscal year
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board’s 2006/2007 annual report was released today. The annual report details the board’s key findings during the past fiscal year, and provides a picture of the diversity of forest and range issues examined by the board on a yearly basis. The board’s primary role is to assess how well forest […]
Small Business Forest Enterprise Program FDP for Southeast Vancouver Island
The Carmanah Forestry Society submitted a complaint to the Forest Practices Board on February 27, 2001, about the 2000-…
Audit of woodlots on Vancouver Island finds good practices
An audit of forestry activities on eight woodlots on Southern Vancouver Island concludes the woodlot owners complied with B.C.’s forestry legislation, according to a report released today.
