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Protection of Species at Risk Under FRPA: Northern Goshawk
This special investigation will assess if the mechanisms available under FRPA and associated IWMS guidance are adequate for maintaining species at risk habitat. Northern Goshawk will be used as a case study to evaluate both legal and voluntary measures to maintain suitable habitat for Northern Goshawk and their prey on the coast and in the […]
Conservation of Species at Risk under the Forest and Range Practices Act: Marbled Murrelets on the Sunshine Coast
In July 2006, the district manager of the Sunshine Coast Forest District approved a FSP submitted by International…
Provincial Systems Fail to Protect Threatened Species
VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board has found that there is a systemic failure in government policy to protect threatened species such as marbled murrelets on crown forest lands. The findings were released as the close of a board investigation of a 1999 complaint concerning logging approvals in the Brand Valley on south-western Vancouver Island, […]
More diligence required when logging near threatened species
Forest companies should go beyond simple compliance and exercise increased diligence when logging near threatened species, according to a Forest Practices Board report released today.
