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Current Complaints

ComplaintDescriptionLocation
Government use of Fire – Bush Creek EastThe complainant alleges that a BC Wildfire Service planned ignition was inappropriate considering the circumstances, and it led to the firestorm that devastated the communities of the North Shuswap.Scotch Creek
Mt. Remo LoggingA resident has concerns about terrain stability and visual quality management related to active logging on the slopes above the New Remo community.Terrace
Oscar Creek Species at Risk and Old GrowthThree professional biologists are concerned that: (1) logging of two cutblocks at Oscar Creek will cause harm to breeding goshawk, and (2) there is a systematic failure to manage old growth in the region in accordance with legal requirements and the Kootenay Boundary Land Use Plan.Ymir
Middle Lake Salvage HarvestingRanchers are concerned about the impact of wildfire salvage harvesting.Southwest of Tatla Lake
Middle Lake Road ConstructionRanchers are concerned about the impact of road construction.Southwest of Tatla Lake
Horsefly Fisheries Sensitive WatershedThe complainants are concerned that BC Timber Sales (BCTS) and two licensees are not complying with a fisheries-sensitive watershed order.Horsefly
Extension of Forest Stewardship Plan 681The complainants are concerned that a district manager should not have approved an extension to the term of a forest stewardship plan because the result and strategy for biodiversity at the landscape level are not consistent with section 9 of the Forest Planning and Practices Regulation.Southern Interior
Cai CreekThe complainant is concerned that BCTS did not consider his comments about proposed logging in the Cai Creek watershed.Castlegar
Claydon Bay watercoursesThe complainant is concerned that BCTS changed the classification of several watercourses in a cutblock after harvesting was completed.Claydon Bay
Kettle Valley South Prescribed BurnThe complainant is concerned with the adequacy of planning, public involvement, and habitat protection in the Kettle Valley South prescribed burn, and that the burn plan was not followed appropriately.Rock Creek
Livestock Grazing Along the Euchiniko RiverThe complainant is concerned that range practices in the Euchiniko River and Neewa Creek area are damaging fish habitat and riparian areas, and that livestock are grazing outside the range agreement (RAN 077302) boundaries.Batnuni Lake
Visual Quality Objective (VQO) Exemption and WL491 SalvageThe complainant is concerned about whether the district manager appropriately determined that meeting a VQO during salvage operations was 'not practicable' for a woodlot licence holder.Argenta
Logging Impacts on Two Sunshine Coast Recreation TrailsThe complainant is concerned that nearby logging has damaged or rendered sections of two Sunshine Coast recreation trails ineffective.Powell River
TimberWest FSP AmendmentThe complainants are concerned that a TimberWest forest stewardship plan amendment related to the Order Establishing Provincial Non-Spatial Old Growth Objectives did not meet the required approval tests. They also believe that, in approving the amendment, the decision maker should not have been satisfied that TimberWest gave sufficient consideration to public comments.Quadra Island
How did Cooper Creek Cedar Ltd and the district manager consider public comments during the Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) 733 review and approval?The complainant alleges that Cooper Creek Cedar Ltd. did not adequately consider the complainant's written submission during the FSP 733 public review and comment process and that the district manager should not have been satisfied with that process in approving the FSP.Argenta
The Board conducts its work throughout British Columbia, and we respectfully acknowledge the territories of the many Indigenous Peoples who have lived on these lands since time immemorial.
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