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Four woodlots near Burns Lake pass audit

VICTORIA – An audit of forestry activities on four woodlots in the Nadina Resource District has concluded that the woodlot licensees complied with British Columbia’s forestry legislation, according to the audit reports that have been released. The audits examined planning, timber harvesting, roads, silviculture and fire protection activities, carried out between October 2015 and October […]
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Managing At-Risk Plant Communities near Mount Elphinstone Park

Elphinstone Logging Focus, an environmental group on the Sunshine Coast, complained that cutblocks sold by BC Timber Sales would impact at-risk plant communities and affect the integrity of the ecosystem near Mt. Elphinstone Park. The Board investigated and determined that the mature forest stands in the cutblocks contained plant communities listed by the BC Conservation […]
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Forestry roads a risk to grizzly bears in Kettle Granby

VICTORIA – An investigation of a public complaint about management of a threatened grizzly bear population in the Kettle-Granby area has found that the B.C. government has not effectively managed the risk forestry roads pose to the bears and forestry licensees have not met the road density limits recommended by government. “Government does not have […]
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Audit of Canada Resurgence finds issues

NEWS RELEASE - Audit of Canada Resurgence Developments Ltd. finds issues
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Norbord Inc. Passes Forestry Audit

NEWS RELEASE - Norbord Ltd. passes forestry audit
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Restoring and Maintaining Rangelands in the East Kootenay

In 2008, a Forest Practices Board complaint investigation found that cattle and elk were over-grazing rangelands in the East Kootenay and the Board recommended that government reduce forage use. A follow-up investigation by the Board in 2015 reported that actions undertaken by government since 2008 had successfully reduced elk populations and grazing allocations for cattle […]
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Adequacy of the Notice of Public Review and Comment for Ten FDPs on Northern Vancouver Island

A complaint was filed with the Board in August 1996 about the way ten forest development plans in the Port McNeill...
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Selection of Oral versus Written Representations under Section 128

Selection of Oral versus Written Representations under Section 128 This policy addresses the criteria that the Board will consider when deciding to provide opportunity for oral or written representations. I. Background In its initial years, the Board chose to provide potentially adversely affected parties the opportunity for full oral representations under Section 182 of the […]
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Issue #4 - Winter 2010/11

I would like to once again thank those who participated in our surveys or met with us and provided frank and helpful input during the past few months. The results show that the Board continues to enjoy a healthy level of trust, in fact higher than in previous surveys. Eighty-four percent of our  survey respondents said there […]
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Issue #9 - Summer 2013

The Board decided in September 2012 that there would be value in summarizing common themes and trends in forest practices, based on our observations of the past few years. This led to a number of bulletins and special reports – some of which are now published and others still in the works. I’ve been very […]
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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