Location 310 - 1675 Douglas StreetVictoria BC V8W 2G5Canada Mailing Address PO Box 9905 Stn Prov GovtVictoria BC V8W 9R1Canada Phone: (250) 213-4700Toll Free (in British Columbia only): 1-800-994-5899Email: FPBoard@bcfpb.ca Rady Creek Forest Service Road The Forest Practices Board has received multiple submissions concerning the planned deactivation of Rady Creek Forest Service Road. These submissions are […]
VICTORIA – A special investigation of reforestation in dry interior Douglas-fir (IDF) forests in the B.C. interior has found current efforts may not be leading to future healthy forests, according to a report released on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. "While we found that industry is following legal requirements and is increasingly planting a variety of tree […]
VICTORIA – An investigation of 269 bridges and 59 wood-box culverts constructed throughout the province in the last three years has found significant improvement since a similar investigation was published in 2014, according to a new report. "We set out to see whether practices had improved as a result of our last report in 2014 […]
VICTORIA – A complaint investigation has found TimberWest is meeting the intent of the Great Bear Rainforest (GBR) land use order for planned logging on East Thurlow Island. Residents of nearby Sonora Island filed the complaint when they became concerned about how TimberWest timber harvesting would affect conservation of old forest and rare and endangered […]
VICTORIA – An audit of Tolko Industries Ltd.'s forest practices on forest licences A18696, A18697 and A74911 in the Cascades Natural Resource District has found general compliance with B.C.'s forestry legislation. "Most practices were well done, but fire hazard assessments were either incomplete or were not completed within the required time period," said Kevin Kriese, […]
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.