Audit of Forest Planning and Practices – Babine Forest Products Ltd.
In September 2011, the Board conducted a full-scope compliance audit of forest planning and practices on Babine Forest…
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Tracking forest land status important
An investigation has found that government needs to improve its system for tracking changes in forest land condition in B.C.
Forest Practices Board requests administrative review of plan
On September 11, 1996 the Forest Practices Board requested an administrative review of the forest development plan for the Brooks Bay development area of MacMillan Bloedel’s Port McNeill Division on northwestern Vancouver Island. The development plan includes logging operations and associated roads in five cutblocks scheduled for 1996 and 1997. Three of the cutblocks are […]
Forest Practices Board welcomes two new members
VICTORIA – Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has announced the appointment of two new members to the Forest Practices Board. Kevin Kriese, board chair, is pleased to welcome members Cindy Stern and Gail Wallin. “Cindy brings a wealth of strategic forestry knowledge and important experience working with First […]
Audit of Quesnel BCTS program finds issues
VICTORIA – An audit of the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program and timber-sale licensees operating under the program has found poor results. Timber sales licensees were fully compliant with the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) but had several non-compliances with Wildfire Act requirements. BCTS had several non-compliance issues under FRPA, as well as an […]
A Lack of Direction: Improving Marbled Murrelet Habitat Conservation Under the Forest and Range Practices Act
In 2002, the federal Canadian Wildlife Service published a document that compiled the best and most current information…
Fuel reduction efforts examined
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will investigate how much progress communities have made in reducing forest fuels in the wildland-urban interface. The investigation is a follow-up to a report the Board published in February 2010. “We decided earlier this year that it was time to take a look and see what has happened since […]
Board Finds Good Forest Practices in Two Community Watersheds
VICTORIA – A pilot audit of two community watersheds in the Arrow Boundary Forest District has determined that forest practices are in compliance with legislated requirements in all significant respects, the Forest Practices Board reported today. “The board determined that current forest practices are effective at minimizing impacts to water quality,” said acting board chair […]
BC’s Mountain Caribou: Last Chance for Conservation?
All mountain caribou in Canada are nationally designated as ‘threatened’. Threatened status means that action is…
