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Bulletin 018 - Fire Hazard Assessment

This bulletin explores why fire hazard assessment is important; recent Board audit findings; and provides some FAQs. A fire hazard assessment considers the risk of a fire starting, the hazard associated with the industrial activity, the difficulty in controlling a fire and the potential threat to values.
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Fire Preparedness Under Scrutiny

VICTORIA – As it audits forestry operations across B.C. this summer, the Forest Practices Board will be looking closely at how prepared the forest industry is to deal with accidental fire starts. “The Wildfire Act requires a forestry operator to ensure an adequate fire suppression system is available on-site when conducting high-risk activities that could […]
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Slocan Park Logging Followed Legal Requirements

An investigation into a complaint by a number of Slocan Park residents about logging of four cutblocks above the community has found that BCTS acted appropriately in planning and overseeing the proposed logging and road building.
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Holt appointed to Forest Practices Board

VICTORIA – Nelson consultant Rachel Holt has been appointed to the Forest Practices Board. Holt is a professional biologist and the owner of a small consulting company based in Nelson, British Columbia. She has worked to develop approaches for ecosystem-based management in the coastal temperate rainforest, managing endangered species, and environmental risk assessment for Queen […]
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Timber Harvesting in Mountain Caribou Habitat

Mountain caribou are at risk in the southern two-thirds of British Columbia. The government has identified habitat loss...
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Salvage Logging after a Wildfire at Sitkum Creek

In 2007, a wildfire burned in the Sitkum Creek Watershed, near Nelson. The Ministry of Forests and Range (MFR) has...
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2015-SIR44-FSP-Are-They-Meeting-Expectations

2015-SIR44-FSP-Are-They-Meeting-Expectations
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SPECIAL REPORT: Follow-up - Integrating NTFPs into Forest Planning & Practices in BC

Follow up to a 2004 special report on integrating NTFPs into forest planning and practices in BC.
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Response to Recommendations

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The Board conducts its work throughout British Columbia, and we respectfully acknowledge the territories of the many Indigenous Peoples who have lived on these lands since time immemorial.
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