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Revelstoke Community Forest Audit Released

Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation has implemented sound forest practices, but must improve its fire preparedness, the Forest Practices Board reported today.

Norbord Inc. Passes Forestry Audit

NEWS RELEASE – Norbord Ltd. passes forestry audit

BC Timber Sales in Dawson Creek Passes Audit

VICTORIA – Forestry activities carried out by BC Timber Sales (BCTS) and timber sale licence holders met the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act, with a few exceptions, according to a report released today. The audit examined BCTS program activities carried out between June 2016 and June 2018, in […]

Kootenay area community forests get clean audits

VICTORIA – A Forest Practices Board audit of two community forests in the Kootenay Lake Forest District has determined that their operations are compliant with the law, according to a report released today. The Harrop-Procter Community Forest and the Kaslo and District Community Forest Society (KDCFS) were audited in June 2008. In the Harrop-Proctor Community Forest, […]

Board Conducts First Area-Based Audit

Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will conduct its first area-based audit this summer in the Fort Nelson forest district. “Until now our audit program has focused on single licensees or government forestry programs,” said Bill Cafferata, Forest Practices Board chair. “This audit will examine all the licences in an area to give us a […]

Poor Communication and Planning Led to Complaints about Logging on Sunshine Coast says Forest Practices Board

Victoria – Today, the Forest Practices Board released the results of its investigations of two complaints about logging activities in a rural area near Homesite Creek, approximately 20 kilometres from Sechelt. Local residents were opposed to the logging, and the site was the subject of protests when operations began in January 1998. One complaint asserted […]