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Forest Practices Board to Hold Public Meeting in Prince George

VICTORIA - The Forest Practices Board will hold a public meeting in Prince George on Tuesday, November 3, 1998, at the Prince George Civic Centre at 7:30 pm. The Board will make a brief presentation and then invite questions and comments from the public. "The Board is responsible for reporting to the public on how […]
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Board Recommends Improved Management of Resource Roads

In a special report released today, the Forest Practices Board reports that B.C. has between 400,000 and 500,000 km of resource roads – the distance from the earth to the moon – yet the provincial government’s management of these roads is not as effective or co-ordinated as it should be.
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Board to Audit Water Quality Effectiveness in the Arrow Boundary Forest District

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct a pilot audit examining effectiveness of forest practices at protecting water quality. The audit will examine two community watersheds in the Arrow Boundary Forest District. Two principle objectives of this audit are to assess compliance with the water management requirements of forest practices legislation, and to assess […]
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Forest watchdog to investigate impact of pine beetle salvage

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will investigate the impact of large-scale salvage of mountain pine beetle-killed timber on reforestation objectives, biodiversity, watershed protection and accumulation of forest fuels over the coming months. Fieldwork for the special investigation will begin this week, and the findings are expected to be released in early 2006. “Just as […]
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Audit Gives Good Marks for Streamside Forest Practices

A Kootenay forestry operator has received good marks for protecting streams from the effects of logging, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
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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, […]
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New results-based approach used for forestry audits

The Forest Practices Board has released two pilot audits on forest soil conservation and streamside (riparian) management , the first board audits to reflect the results-based approach of the new Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA).
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Canfor gets clean audit for Chetwynd forest license

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) has demonstrated sound forest practices in Forest Licence (FL) A18151 and is fully compliant with forest practices legislation, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
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Board to Audit Enforcement in Fort St. James Forest District

VICTORIA - The Forest Practices Board will audit the appropriateness of government enforcement of the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) within the Fort St. James Forest District. Two government ministries are responsible for FRPA enforcement: the Ministry of Forests and the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. The audit will review the enforcement […]
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Independent Report Outlines Changed Approach to Pine Beetle Management

While current mountain pine beetle management in B.C. is reasonably effective, a change in approach in heavily infested areas could potentially produce better results and should be explored by government agencies, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
The Board conducts its work throughout British Columbia, and we respectfully acknowledge the territories of the many Indigenous Peoples who have lived on these lands since time immemorial.
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