Menu
close
Contact

Search Results

File bcfpb_newsrelease

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 […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Board Audit Will Examine Soil Conservation

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct a pilot audit this fall looking specifically at how forest activities affect soil conservation. Forest practices can have serious environmental impacts on soil. Poor forest practices can erode surface soils, causing landslides that harm fish and water sources and can endanger public safety and property. Soil damage […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Audit Examines 25 Licensees, Finds Good Forest Practices

VICTORIA – Forestry operators and ranchers are carrying out good forest practices in an area near Merritt, but government’s enforcement of the Forest Practices Code could be improved, the Forest Practices Board reported today. The board examined the forestry activities of six forest companies, three woodlot licensees, 15 range tenure holders and the Ministry of […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Board to conduct area-based audit on southern Vancouver Island

VICTORIA -The Forest Practices Board will conduct an area-based audit this spring in the South Island forest district. "In an area-based audit we examine all activities in an area subject to the Forest Practices Code, rather than focusing on a single licensee or government forestry program," said board chair Bill Cafferata. "It gives us a […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

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 […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

West Fraser Gets Clean Audit

The forestry operations of West Fraser Mills Ltd. in the Morice forest district complied with Forest Practices Code requirements in all significant respects, says a report released today by the Forest Practices Board.
Report bcfpb_report

Harvesting Near a Recreational Trail on the Sunshine Coast

In February 2012, a member of the public who regularly hikes on the Sunshine Coast Trail near Powell River complained...
Report bcfpb_report

Closing Letter - BX Creek

This is the Board’s closing letter for a complaint filed by a group of residents of the Silver Star Road area,...
Report bcfpb_report

Audit of Oil and Gas Activities for Wildfire Act Compliance

The Board conducted a limited scope compliance audit focusing on compliance with the Wildfire Act and Wildfire...
Report bcfpb_report

Kleanza Singlehurst

The complainant submitted a complaint to the Forest Practices Board on December 23, 2009 regarding Coast Tsimshian...
1 … 26 27 28 29
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.
 linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram