A member of the public requested that the Forest Practices Board (the Board) appeal a district manager’s decision to approve amendments to BCTS’s FSP. In 2021, BCTS acknowledged that its FSP failed to include results and strategies to address an order establishing the Rose Swanson Mountain area as a sensitive area and corresponding objectives. BCTS amended its FSP and in June 2023, the district manager approved the amendments. The Board reviewed the results and strategies in BCTS’s forest stewardship and determined that they are consistent with the objectives that apply to the Rose Swanson Mountain area. The Board decided not to file an appeal of the district manager’s decision.

Open Letter Response

Special Investigation - SIR/55
August 2023

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Update the policy framework for managing habitat of species at risk.
2. Provide a transparent process for how and when government makes decisions to balance timber supply and habitat protection.

Response to Recommendations
Closing Letter

Special Report – SR/61
June 2023

RECOMMENDATION

The provincial government leads the development and implementation of a vision and action plan for landscape resilience that will align policies and programs across all levels of government to enable landscape fire management.