Logging road put caribou at risk
A Forest Practices Board special investigation has found that the approval of a logging road by the Ministry of Forests did not adequately consider risks to a vulnerable caribou herd.
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Woodlot management generally good, with room for improvement
VICTORIA – A report on an investigation of B.C.’s framework for woodlot management, and the performance of 15 woodlots in the Kootenay Lake timber supply area (TSA), concludes that the legislative and policy framework for woodlots is appropriate and most woodlots are conducting good forest practices on the ground. However, some woodlot licensees need to do a better […]
Audit of Visual Resource Management – Headwaters Forest District
In August 2009, the Forest Practices Board conducted an audit of visual resource management in the Kamloops Timber…
Forest development plan public review and bark beetle management
The Board received a complaint from a member of the public concerning an amendment to a licensee’s Five Year Forest Development Plan. The complaint asserted that: a licensee amended its forest development plan for a forest licence without providing adequate time for public review and comment. a licensee was not practicing healthy forest management, in […]
Endangered Plants at Risk from Logging
No further logging approvals should be awarded in the coastal Douglas fir ecosystem on Southeast Vancouver Island until site assessments for endangered plants are completed, the Forest Practices Board recommended today.
Audit of Recreation Management and Enforcement in the Central Cariboo Forest District
As part of the Forest Practices Board’s 2008 compliance audit program, the Board randomly selected the Central Cariboo…
Ndazkhot’en Forest Management near Quesnel passes audit
An audit of Ndazkhot’en Forest Management’s forestry activities on forest licences A65926 and A81934, near the Village of Nazko west of Quesnel, found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation, according to a report released today.
