The Forest Practices Board has filed an appeal of MacMillan Bloedel’s forest development plan for the Brooks Bay area of northwestern Vancouver Island. The Board is asking the Forest Appeals Commission to decide if the plan meets the requirements of the Forest Practices Code. A review panel decided in November that the Brooks Bay plan […]
Victoria – Mark Haddock from Port Moody, BC is among four new members appointed by the government to a three-year term with the Forest Practices Board. Other new members include Ingrid Davis, from Merritt; Fred Parker, from Castlegar; and Liz Osborn from Telkwa, near Smithers. They join existing Board Chair, Keith Moore, and members John […]
VICTORIA –The Forest Practices Board released its 2014-15 annual report today, which summarizes the board’s work over the past year and highlights current strategic priorities and projects underway. Topics reported on this year range from protection of water in community watersheds to an investigation of how forestry impacts to natural range barriers are mitigated. The […]
Forest companies did a good job reducing the occurrence of landslides caused by their operations under the Forest Practices Code, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
Victoria – Liz Osborn from Telkwa, near Smithers BC, is among four new members appointed by the government to a three-year term with the Forest Practices Board. Other new members include Ingrid Davis, from Merritt; Fred Parker, from Castlegar; and Mark Haddock from Port Moody. They join existing Board Chair, Keith Moore, and members John […]
Northern Nlaka’pamux Forestry Resources Ltd (NNFR), based in Lytton, complied with the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) and worked efficiently to salvage fire-damaged timber, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
An audit of Coast Tsimshian Resources (CTR) forestry operations in Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 1 near Terrace found that planning and practices met all legislative requirements, according to a Forest Practices Board report.
Decisive government leadership and prompt action are needed to address serious threats to the survival of BC’s mountain caribou, the Forest Practices Board reported today.
Victoria – Four new members were appointed to the Forest Practices Board by the government on March 10th. Ingrid Davis, Mark Haddock, Liz Osborn and Fred Parker were appointed to the Board for three-year terms. They join existing Board Chair, Keith Moore, and members John Cuthbert, Klaus Offermann and Frances Vyse. “I am very pleased […]
