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Two board members reappointed to the Forest Practices Board

VICTORIA – Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced today that Dr. William B. McGill and Ralph Archibald have been reappointed to the Forest Practices Board for terms of two years each. “Bill and Ralph’s contributions and experience have been greatly appreciated by the board,” said Tim Ryan, board chair. “I am […]
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Board to audit Western Forest Products’ TFL 6

VICTORIA– The Forest Practices Board will audit the harvest practices and associated planning of Western Forest Products on the Quatsino tree farm licence (TFL 6) on northern Vancouver Island. This licensee was selected from those within the North Island – Central Coast Forest district because it is the most active. Selection was not influenced by […]
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Wildfire audit of oil and gas sites near Fort St. John

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the fire protection activities of oil and gas operators in the Lower Beatton Landscape Unit, in the Peace district, during the week of Sept. 21, 2015, for compliance with the Wildfire Act. The audit will include whether the operators have completed fire hazard assessments, treated any identified forest fuel […]
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Board to Audit Woodlot Licence Holders

VICTORIA– Two Forest Practices Board auditors will visit five woodlot licence holders in the Arrow – Boundary Forest District from June 11 to 15, spending one day on each site. They will examine each woodlot’s compliance with harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire protection activities and associated planning regulations during the period from Jan. 1, 2006 to […]
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Board to audit Burns Lake community forest

VICTORIA– The Burns Lake community forest will be audited during the week of Oct. 15, the Forest Practices Board announced today. The audit will look at timber harvesting, roads, silviculture, protection activities and planning in the community forest, which encompasses 120,000 hectares surrounding the Village of Burns Lake.  To the west and north, the community […]
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Board finds good performance in North Coast Audit

VICTORIA – Triumph Timber Ltd. received a clean audit for operations in the North Coast Forest District, the Forest Practices Board reported today. The board audited Triumph’s activities near Prince Rupert, in seven separate areas between Chambers Creek and Princess Royal Island, and found the licensee was in compliance with legislative requirements for planning, harvesting, […]
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Audit of Boundary area forestry operations finds issues

VICTORIA – An audit of BC Timber Sales (BCTS) and timber sale licence holders (TSL holders) in the Boundary timber supply area has found that forest planning, silviculture, fire protection, harvesting and road activities have complied with forest practices legislation, with one exception, according to a report released today. Auditors found that one TSL holder […]
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Reforesting Amendments Appropriate, Board finds

VICTORIA – Forest companies are making reasonable and appropriate amendments to their free-growing strategies, the Forest Practices Board reported today. Following the logging of public land, forest companies are required to reforest sites with native tree species to establish a new crop of trees. The companies are then required to tend those trees for a […]
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Investigation highlights importance of EBM spirit and intent

VICTORIA – A complaint about logging of old forest on Sonora Island on B.C.’s South Coast has highlighted the importance of following the spirit and intent of ecosystem-based management (EBM). Residents of Sonora Island complained that TimberWest Forest Corp. was logging old-growth forest and rare and endangered plant communities in the Great Bear Rainforest. While […]
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Sunshine Coast forest licensees get clean audit

VICTORIA – Five licensees operating in the Sunshine Coast Forest District have received good marks in a Forest Practices Board audit report released today. The board found the forest companies complied with legislative requirements for timber harvesting and road construction, maintenance and deactivation. In addition, licensees followed land-use plan directives such as protecting goat ranges […]
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