A Forest Practices Board audit found that forest companies and BC Timber Sales (BCTS) did a good job of protecting important scenic areas between Clearwater and Valemount from the visual impacts of forestry activities, according to a report released today.
The provincial government needs to act promptly to ensure its forestry obligations under the Nisga’a treaty are fulfilled, the Forest Practices Board reported today in its fourth compliance audit of forestry operations on Nisga’a lands.
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 […]
VICTORIA – Forestry activities carried out by BC Timber Sales (BCTS) and timber sale licence holders met the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act, with a few exceptions, according to a report released today. The audit examined BCTS program activities carried out between June 2016 and June 2018, in […]
Victoria – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest practices of International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor) in Tree Farm Licence #54. The operating locations for this licence are in and around Clayoquot Sound on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island. This is a limited scope audit that will examine construction, maintenance and deactivation of […]
Victoria – A clean audit of Riverside Forest Products, Lumby Division was released today by the Forest Practices Board. “The instances of non-compliance with the Forest Practices Code identified in this audit were few in number and minor in nature,” said board vice-chair Keith Moore. “Riverside’s harvesting practices close to very small streams provided more […]
VICTORIA – An audit of the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program and timber-sale licensees operating under the program has found poor results. Timber sales licensees were fully compliant with the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) but had several non-compliances with Wildfire Act requirements. BCTS had several non-compliance issues under FRPA, as well as an […]
