VICTORIA – Forest fuel reduction needs to become a priority consideration in forest management policy and practices, especially in the Southern Interior of the province, according to a special report released today. The Forest Practices Board commissioned a report on forest fuel management last summer and gathered comment on the report from forest management professionals, […]
Marbled murrelets are small seabirds that live along the Pacific coast of North America. Unlike most other threatened…
In May 1997, the Friends of Clayoquot Sound-Forest Watch provided written review comments to International Forest…
This special investigation examined whether the roles and responsibilities of woodlot licensees, the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, woodlot federation/association, and forest professionals in the Kootenay Lake Timber Supply Area (TSA) are clearly defined and understood, and are being carried out in a manner that ensures the woodlot licensees are […]
The Friends and Residents of the North Fork submitted a complaint that government was not adequately protecting the threatened Kettle-Granby grizzly bear population because it did not make road density targets a legal requirement. Research has shown that human activity on roads can negatively impact bear habitat. The Board looked at government’s actions for the […]
In June of 1998, the Board received a complaint from a resident of Hudson’s Hope, a small community located above the…
On June 11, 1999, the Board received a complaint from a member of a family that operates a registered trapline near…
