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Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Ministry of Forest, Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (SBFEP) – Port McNeill Forest District
This is the Board’s report on a compliance audit of the SBFEP in the Port McNeill Forest District. The operating areas…
Better forest practices needed near streams
Skeena Cellulose Inc. needs to improve some logging practices near streams, but otherwise it was found to have generally complied with the Forest Practices Code in an audit of Tree Farm Licence 1 near Terrace.
Audit of Range Planning and Practices: Range Agreements RAN073562, RAN074611, RAN076681 and RAN073605
In September 2014, the Forest Practices Board audited range planning and practices on three licences for grazing and…
Audit of Operational Planning and Forest Practices: FL A19202 – Cattermole Timber
The operating areas of the licence are located in the Chilliwack Forest District, within the Fraser Timber Supply Area…
Report examines management of fire hazards resulting from logging
VICTORIA – In a study of recently logged areas, the Forest Practices Board found that fire hazard was reduced satisfactorily in most cases, but no licensees fully met the legal requirement to assess fire hazard as required by the Wildfire Act, according to a report released today. The study examined 111 randomly selected cutblocks, harvested […]
Forest Practices Board’s Streams Investigation Nears Completion
Victoria – The Forest Practices Board’s special investigation of forest planning and practices near streams in coastal areas of B.C. is nearing completion. The field work was completed in late October, 1997 and the analysis of the results has been ongoing since that time. The report is now being written and the Board plans to […]
Comment on the Cutblock Review
The new Forest Practices Code of B.C. Act requires a review of all cutblocks (areas identified for timber harvesting)…
Forest Practices Board’s submission – PROVINCIAL CLIMATE PREPAREDNESS and ADAPTATION STRATEGY
The Forest Practices Board is pleased to provide a submission to the Provincial Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy. Our recommendations are broken into three parts. We suggest that an overarching policy goal guide all actions regarding adaptation. We identify five focus areas where we believe action will have greatest impact, and finally we have provided […]
Forestry Audit: Arrow Lake Field Unit Portion of the Kootenay Business Area
As part of its 2018 compliance audit program, the Board randomly selected the Arrow Field Unit portion of BC Timber Sales’ (BCTS) Kootenay Business Area for audit. The Arrow Field Unit covers the Arrow Lakes and is approximately 1,350,000 hectares, starting at the US border and stretching north towards Revelstoke. BCTS has several operating areas […]
