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Special Report on the Forest and Range Evaluation Program
The Forest Practices Board evaluated FREP’s progress in implementing its effectiveness monitoring role in the FRPA framework, using FREP’s intended program outcomes as the evaluation criteria. This is a report on the Board’s findings.
Conserving Old Growth Forests in BC Implementation of old-growth retention strategies under FRPA
The investigation found that progress has been made in planning and implementing old-growth retention: thousands of old…
Issue #16 – Winter 2016/17
As 2016 draws to a close, we at the Board have been looking back to see what the trends and issues have been this year. Probably the most significant trend to note is that the Board has received double the normal number of public complaints and concerns with forest management and practices this year. (Public […]
Good audit results for two Okanagan community watersheds
VICTORIA – Results of an audit focused on forestry practices in two community watersheds, one near Penticton and one near Kelowna, were released today by the Forest Practices Board. Auditors examined harvesting, road construction and maintenance, silviculture, protection, and associated planning carried out by Weyerhaeuser in the Penticton Creek community watershed, and by Tolko Industries […]
A Summary of Complaints to the BC Forest Practices Board (1995-2013)
The Board is BC’s forest and range practices watchdog, independent from government, industry and special interests. A…
