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Audit Finds Richply Uses Good Forest Practices
Richmond Plywood (Richply) is carrying out good forest practices on northern Vancouver Island, but the Ministry of Forests needs to improve its bridge safety procedures in the area, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
Good outcome to Fort Nelson area audit, but some concerns noted
VICTORIA – Good overall results are reported in a series of Forest Practices Board audits released today, which cover all forestry activities in a section of the Fort Nelson forest district, the first such comprehensive review. However, the board has some concerns about regeneration of trees after logging, potential erosion and stream damage from pipeline […]
Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Downie Street Sawmills Ltd. – FL A31102
In October 2017 the Board audited forestry operations on Forest Licence A31102 held by Downie Street Sawmills Ltd. (Downie) within the Selkirk Natural Resource District. This audit included harvesting, roads, silviculture, wildfire protection and associated planning that took place over a two-year period starting in October 2015. Downie’s activities generally complied in all significant respects […]
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 […]
Board to audit Cowichan Lake community forest operation
VICTORIA -The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of the Cowichan Lake Community Forest Cooperative in the South Island forest district this fall. Auditors will examine operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture and fire protection activities carried out over the past year. The cooperative – made up of community, business and economic […]
Skeena Cellulose Audited for Forest Practices
VICTORIA -The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices in Tree Farm Licence #1 held by Skeena Cellulose Inc. The operating areas for this licence are north and south of Terrace in the Kalum forest district. This is a full-scope audit that will look at operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture and fire […]
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 […]
Audit of TFL 54 on South Island finds issues
An audit of MaMook Natural Resources Limited’s practices on Tree Farm Licence 54 on Vancouver Island found it met most requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act, according to a report released today.
