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Audit of Cooper Creek Cedar operations released

VICTORIA –  Cooper Creek Cedar is generally meeting the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act on Forest Licence A30171 near Kaslo, according to a new report. The audit looked at timber harvesting, road and bridge construction, maintenance and deactivation, reforestation, wildfire protection and associated planning carried out between Sept. […]

Audit of Forest Planning and Practices – Canadian Forest Products Ltd. – TFL 14

In July 2016 the Forest Practices Board audited Canadian Forest Products Limited’s (Canfor) Tree Farm Licence 14 in the Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District. Tree Farm Licence 14 is located south of Golden and northwest of Invermere in the East Kootenays. Canfor’s operational planning, timber harvesting, road construction and maintenance, silviculture, and fire protection activities […]

Forest Practices Board Auditing Riverside Forest Products Ltd. Forest Licence A18689

Victoria – Today, the Forest Practices Board began an audit of Forest Licence A18689, held by Riverside Forest Products Ltd. The operating area for this licence is located about 15 kilometres west of Armstrong, in the southeast corner of the Kamloops Forest District. The audit will examine recent timber harvesting, road construction, maintenance and deactivation […]

Audit of Prince George forestry operations finds compliance issues

VICTORIA – An audit of the BC Timber Sales program and 26 timber sale licensees in the Prince George District found that the forestry activities of BCTS and 24 licensees complied with forest practices legislation, but two licensees had non-compliance issues, according to a report released today. Auditors found that one licence holder installed an […]

Board to audit Mackenzie Fibre Management Corporation

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the forestry activities of Mackenzie Fibre Management Corporation, near the Town of Mackenzie, during the week of Sept. 23, 2013. The audit will examine timber harvesting, road construction, maintenance, silviculture, fire protection and associated planning activities carried out since September 2011, for compliance with forest practices legislation. […]

Study of fish passage at stream crossings shows improvements needed

VICTORIA – A study of 1,110 road crossings over fish streams in 19 watersheds around B.C. has found that, in total, less than half of the crossings were likely to allow fish to pass through without problems, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today. The board’s special investigation looked at crossings in two […]

Forest Practices Board Auditing Interfor’s Tree Farm Licence – TFL 10

Victoria – On Monday, June 8, 1998, the Forest Practices Board begins an audit of Tree Farm Licence (TFL) – 10, held by International Forest Products Ltd. The tree farm licence is located in the Sunshine Coast Forest District, north of Powell River in Toba Inlet. The audit will examine recent timber harvesting, road construction, […]