Achievement of Free-Growing Forests – 2004 Provincial Update
This investigation reviews the achievement of free-growing status – replacement of logged sites with healthy new…
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Forest Harvesting and Streamflows in the Bonneau Creek Watershed
In June 2014, a landowner near Echo Lake, east of Lumby BC, complained to the Board that forest harvesting in the…
Recent audits reveal Wildfire Act Issues
VICTORIA – A review of forest and range practice audits from 2013 and 2014 finds about half the audits had no issues and half had non-compliance with legislation or areas requiring improvement, according to a report released today. Of the problems found, one-third involved problems with wildfire prevention. “We published 23 audit reports and 12 […]
Board Audit Will Examine Mountain Pine Beetle Management
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct an audit this September looking specifically at forest activities related to the ongoing mountain pine beetle infestation in north-central BC. Mountain pine beetles attack and kill mature trees by boring through the bark and mining the layer between the bark and wood of a tree. About half […]
Public Input Regarding Logging on Vedder Mountain
A group of concerned property owners south of Chilliwack filed a complaint about a BCTS cutblock uphill of their lands…
Lillooet-area forest company passes audit
VICTORIA – An audit of 0866740 B.C. Ltd., held by Aspen Planers Ltd., on forest licence A18700, has found compliance with most requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act, according to a report released today. All activities carried out by Aspen Planers, between July 2015 and November 2017, were audited, […]
Campbell River audit finds compliance problems with timber sales program
An audit of BC Timber Sales’ (BCTS) Strait of Georgia Business Area has found several instances of non-compliance with provincial forestry legislation by timber sale licence holders and BCTS operating within the Campbell River area.
Wildfire threatens homes and properties throughout B.C.
VICTORIA – In a report released today, B.C.’s Forest Practices Board warns that little progress has been made in protecting urban interface areas from catastrophic wildfire and we are all responsible. In 2010, the board issued a report and recommendations to government and communities to address the risks of wildfire in urban interface areas. This […]
The Pas’ Forest Practices Get Clean Bill
The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. is carrying out good forest practices in the Fort St. James and Prince George forest districts, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
