Road Slump Near Fiddler Creek, Northeast of Terrace, BC in the Terrace Forest District
The Board received a complaint in September 1996 about a slump of a newly constructed road cutslope into a small,…
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Maintenance of the Cooke Creek Forest Service Road near Enderby
A local resident in the Okanagan-Shuswap was concerned about the maintenance of the Cooke Creek Forest Service Road (FSR) near Dale Lake. In May 2014, Dale Lake, near Enderby, overflowed and caused a debris flood down Cooke Creek. The complainant believed that the debris flood could have been prevented if district staff had acted on his warnings […]
Resource Road Construction in Steep Terrain
This is a Board special investigation to determine whether the parties who construct resource roads on steep terrain are meeting legal requirements of FRPA and following professional standards of practice and the related guidelines of the professional regulatory bodies. Are the roads stable, safe for industrial and public use, constructed according to plan, and is the potential for […]
Road Sediment Entering Fish Streams: Learning from the Little Lamb Creek Experience
A recent Forest Practices Board audit found that road building and upgrading by a Timber Sale License holder (the TSL…
Domestic Water Concerns with Harvesting and Road Construction near Elmer Creek
Two separate complaints arose from proposed timber harvesting and road construction in the Elmer Creek area, near the…
Road Construction in the Mounce Creek Domestic Watershed
On October 18, 2009, a resident of Crescent Valley, near Castlegar, complained to the Forest Practices Board that road…
Impacts of Harvesting and Road Construction on Water Quality in McClure Creek
The Board received a complaint from two water users on McClure Creek, north of Kamloops, about increased sediment loading in the McClure Creek drainage following harvesting and road construction by International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor). The complainants were concerned that the activities have resulted in a buildup of sediment at their domestic water system’s dam […]
