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Changes to Board Membership Announced

VICTORIA – Cabinet has made a number of appointments to the Forest Practices Board. Tim Ryan will be staying on as chair of the board for a second term. Ryan has issued the following statements upon the appointment of Ken Higginbotham to the board, and the re-appointment of current members Marlene Machmer and Norma Wilson: […]
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Report Looks at Rangelands in East Kootenays

VICTORIA – This special report examines the actions implemented by government and others to improve rangeland in the East Kootenays and finds progress is being made. While there is progress, the Forest Practices Board investigation identified a number of issues that threaten this progress and the sustainability of rangelands over the longer term. These threats […]
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Selection of Oral versus Written Representations under Section 128

Selection of Oral versus Written Representations under Section 128 This policy addresses the criteria that the Board will consider when deciding to provide opportunity for oral or written representations. I. Background In its initial years, the Board chose to provide potentially adversely affected parties the opportunity for full oral representations under Section 182 of the […]
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Issue #11 - Summer 2014

December, I have been meeting with and renewing contact with many industry, government, First Nations, community and non-government organization representatives. Establishing lines of communication and building relationships are important to me, as this facilitates the sharing of perspectives, areas of concern and priorities and allows me to communicate what we do, what we have done […]
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Issue #15 - Summer 2016

In my meetings with stakeholders and professionals I have heard some comment that the Board never acknowledges good practices, and from others I have heard the concern that there is just a minimum standard of forestry being practiced in the woods. I think we can all agree we want our practices to be second to […]
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Protection of scenic views needs improvement

VICTORIA – An investigation of logging impacts on a prominent viewscape in Port Alberni has found that the viewscape was not adequately protected, and that government enforcement was inadequate, according to a report released today. “The board decided to look into the visual impacts of logging on a scenic viewscape in Port Alberni after board […]
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Audit of Pacific Inland Resources Finds Good Practices

An audit of Pacific Inland Resources’ operations in the Bulkley Valley in July found that planning and practices met all legislative requirements, according to a report released today.
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Landslide risks raised by large rainfall storms

VICTORIA – Last month’s heavy rainstorms heighten concerns that large rainfall events are occurring more often than predicted, and that forestry standards need to be revisited to ensure roads and harvest areas are designed to withstand them, according to a report released today. The Forest Practices Board looked at landslide occurrence on Southern Vancouver Island […]
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Board welcomes new member

VICTORIA – Al Gorley, chair of the Forest Practices Board, issued the following statement upon the cabinet appointment of a new board member announced by Forests, Lands and Mines Minister Pat Bell today: “On behalf of board members and staff at the Forest Practices Board, we are pleased to welcome Bill Dumont to our organization. […]
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Forest licence in Squamish Forest District receives clean audit

VICTORIA – An audit of a forest licence currently held by Terminal Forest Products Limited found that planning and practices met all legislative requirements, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today. The board examined activities in forest licence A19215 for compliance with legislation, and looked at harvesting, roads, silviculture, protection activities and associated planning […]
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