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Board Response

Board Response Board's response to letter from ADMs Mack & Berg
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Volume of Timber Harvesting in Clayoquot Sound

This report deals with a complaint that the amount of harvesting in a forest development plan (FDP) was insufficient to...
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Forest Practices Board Releases Results of an Audit of West Fraser Mills Ltd.

VICTORIA - West Fraser Mills Ltd. is meeting the Forest Practices Code requirements, except that its forest development plan did not include a strategy to address the risk from mountain pine beetle infestations, according to a Forest Practices Board audit that was released today. While the company did not comply with a Code requirement to […]
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Approval of Logging in Government Creek Watershed Set Aside

Victoria - Government approval of logging in a contentious area of the Queen Charlotte Islands has been set aside, as a result of an appeal brought by the Forest Practices Board. "This decision demonstrates that the public can hold government decision-makers accountable under the Code. The Review Panel emphasizes the importance of public participation—as well […]
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Audit Selection Policies (Selection Process and Eligibility of a Licence or Licensee)

Audit Selection Policies (Selection Process and Eligibility of a Licence or Licensee) BACKGROUND A key function of the Forest Practices Board is to conduct periodic independent audits of forest and range practice performance of both government and industry in British Columbia, and to report the results of these audits to the public and the Minister […]
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Audit of the Small Scale Salvage Program in the Kamloops Forest District

The Ministry of Forests and Range's enforcement of small scale salvage practices was found to be appropriate. However,...
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North Canyon Improvement District

The North Canyon Improvement District submitted a complaint to the Forest Practices Board on March 16, 2009. The...
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Salvage Logging after a Wildfire at Sitkum Creek

In 2007, a wildfire burned in the Sitkum Creek Watershed, near Nelson. The Ministry of Forests and Range (MFR) has...
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Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle Salvage Logging on a Trapline

In January 2010, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a Colleymount resident who farms, logs, and holds a range and a trapping tenure. The complainant believes that harvesting and road construction have reduced the available amount of wildlife habitat, disrupted the natural movement of animals and that his trapping tenure can no longer support […]
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Bulletin 001 - Due Diligence and Mistake of Fact (Revised 2010)

This Bulletin describes the defences of due diligence and mistake of fact under the Forest and Range Practices Act...
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The Board conducts its work throughout British Columbia, and we respectfully acknowledge the territories of the many Indigenous Peoples who have lived on these lands since time immemorial.
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