Closing Letter – Colocation: Tree Farm Licence 44
Compliance with Biodiversity Requirements in the Nahmint Watershed
Audit: BCTS and TSL Holders – Seaward-tlasta Area
Audit: DM Obligations on FSRs – Campbell River
Planning for Old Forest on TFL 47 – East Thurlow Island
Planning for Old Forest on TFL 47 – East Thurlow Island
In February 2018, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from residents of East Thurlow Island about forest planning for old forest and red- and blue-listed plant communities in the Great Bear Rainforest. The complainants believed that TimberWest’s planning did not meet the intent of the Great Bear Rainforest Order, and that it favored the harvest of timber over the conservation of ecological integrity.
The Board concludes TimberWest is meeting the intent of the Order on East Thurlow Island.
Conservation of Black Bear Dens on Vancouver Island
A professional biologist with black bear expertise submitted a complaint on April 8, 2019, asserting that black bear dens in large diameter, old trees are being lost to harvesting old growth forests on Vancouver Island. The complainant is concerned that the declining availability of large trees will eventually affect population numbers.
The Board concluded that there is uncertainty in terms of the population status of black bears on Vancouver Island.