BC Forest Practices Board 30th Anniversary Logo
Menu
close
Contact

Search Results

File bcfpb_newsletter

Issue #5 - Summer 2011

Thanks to the many readers who responded to the professional reliance question in our winter 2010/2011 newsletter. Your effort is greatly appreciated and your insights will help shape how the Board approaches this important topic. Over the past several months, the Board’s work has seen some changes. In particular, we are interacting with a much […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Carrier Lumber Ltd. gets good audit results

VICTORIA – Replanting obligations of financially strapped companies in the Robson Valley have been met by Carrier Lumber Ltd., according to a Forest Practices Board report. In an audit of replaceable forest licences A15429 and A15430, the board found that road and bridge maintenance, silviculture activities and associated operational planning carried out by Carrier Lumber […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Forest stewardship plans need improvement

VICTORIA – An investigation of forest stewardship plans, the primary plan governing forest activities on public land, concludes that most of these plans do not meet the public’s needs, are not enforceable by government and provide little in the way of innovative forest management. “The board previously looked at forest stewardship plans in 2006 and […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Beetle epidemic increases frequency, severity of peak stream flows

VICTORIA – Government and industry should implement preventative measures to counter the more frequent extreme peak flows in streams as a result of the mountain pine beetle epidemic, according to a Forest Practices Board special investigation released today. The investigation used the Baker Creek watershed as a test case. Baker Creek, west of Quesnel, is […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Board to Audit Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. and West Fraser Mills Ltd.

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will audit the forest planning and practices of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. and West Fraser Mills Ltd. in early July. The audit will examine Ainsworth Lumber’s operations on pulpwood agreement #16 and West Fraser Mill’s operations on forest licence A20001. The companies’ operations are located throughout the 100 Mile […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Forest practices law appropriately enforced on Nisga'a Lands

VICTORIA – A Forest Practices Board audit of government’s enforcement on Nisga’a lands found, with some minor exceptions, that the Ministry of Forests and Range (MOFR) and Ministry of Environment are appropriately enforcing forestry legislation. MOFR has primary enforcement responsibility on Nisga’a lands, which are located in and around the Nass Valley, about 100 kilometres […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

New forest stewardship plans need more details, improved accountability

VICTORIA – The first forest stewardship plans (FSPs) under new results-based forestry legislation lack clear results, and make it difficult for the public and government to hold forest companies accountable, according to a Forest Practices Board special report released today. The board reviewed 15 of the first FSPs submitted by forest companies under the Forest […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Government-Approved Logging in Sustut Valley Failed to Comply with Code

Victoria - Two licensees' forest development plans for logging north of Smithers were incomplete, the public review process was flawed, and government administration and approval of the plans was inadequate, the Forest Practices Board said in a report released today. The report concludes the investigation of a series of complaints from the An Dsap Wilp […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Board to audit BCTS activities in northwest B.C.

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of the Terrace office of the BC Timber Sales Program during the week of June 10. The audit will examine timber harvesting, road construction and maintenance, silviculture, fire prevention and associated planning activities carried out by BC Timber Sales and timber sale licence holders. The […]
File bcfpb_newsrelease

Board to audit four Sunshine Coast community forests

VICTORIA – Four community forest licences in the Sunshine Coast Forest District—K3F, held by Sechelt Community Projects Inc.; K3G, held by Powell River Community Forest Ltd.; K4C, held by Klahoose Forestry Limited Partnership; and K3P, held by Tla’Amin Timber Products Ltd.—will be audited starting the week of July 24, 2011. The audits will examine operational […]
1 … 19 20 21 22
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.
 linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram