Follow Up Report: Update on Control of Invasive Plants
Monitoring and control of invasive plants is important because of the serious environmental, economic, and health…
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Integrating Non-Timber Forest Products into Forest Planning and Practices in British Columbia
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are an important forest resource in British Columbia, with the potential to make a…
Forest Practices Board releases 2017-18 annual report
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board has released its 2017-18 annual report, which summarizes the board’s work over the past fiscal year and highlights its current projects. During the year, the board published 18 reports: eight complaint investigations, six audits, two special reports and one special investigation. Part of the board’s role is to receive […]
Wood Waste in Bigmouth Creek
In September 2009, the Board received a complaint about large pieces of wood (i.e., logs) being left on a cutblock at…
Reforesting BC’s Public Land – An Evaluation of Free-Growing Success
British Columbia prides itself on its program of reforestation. The public expects that sustainable new forests will…
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…
Government Fails to Enforce Forest Practices Code on Kemess Mine’s Power Line
Victoria – Royal Oak Mines Inc. failed to comply with the Forest Practices Code and caused significant harm to the environment along a 380-kilometre power line to its Kemess South mine site, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today. The special investigation report is highly critical of the three ministries responsible for enforcing […]
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, […]
Forest Practices Board releases its first coastal audit
The Forest Practices Board today released the report for its first audit on the coast – an audit of the road and timber harvesting practices on Tree Farm Licence 45 held by International Forest Products Ltd. The licence is located in the coastal mainland area north of Campbell River. The audit examined the road and […]
