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Board Audit Will Examine Mountain Pine Beetle Management

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will conduct an audit this September looking specifically at forest activities related to the ongoing mountain pine beetle infestation in north-central BC. Mountain pine beetles attack and kill mature trees by boring through the bark and mining the layer between the bark and wood of a tree. About half […]
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Good outcome to Fort Nelson area audit, but some concerns noted

VICTORIA - Good overall results are reported in a series of Forest Practices Board audits released today, which cover all forestry activities in a section of the Fort Nelson forest district, the first such comprehensive review. However, the board has some concerns about regeneration of trees after logging, potential erosion and stream damage from pipeline […]
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Ranchers on track, but government needs to improve enforcement

B.C.'s Ministry of Forests needs to follow its own policy for making sure range practices on Crown lands are meeting Forest Practices Code requirements.
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Better forest practices needed near streams

Skeena Cellulose Inc. needs to improve some logging practices near streams, but otherwise it was found to have generally complied with the Forest Practices Code in an audit of Tree Farm Licence 1 near Terrace.
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Biodiversity Management in the Revelstoke Timber Supply Area

In 2005, when government established the original Revelstoke Higher Level Plan Order (RHLPO), it included a provision...
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Audit of Forest Planning and Practices: Western Forest Products Inc. - FL A19231

As part of its 2015 compliance audit program, the Forest Practices Board randomly selected the Forest Licence A19231,...
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Fuel Management in the Wildland Urban Interface - Update

Fire has been a natural part of many ecosystems in BC. Lightning-caused fires periodically reduced the build-up of...
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Closing Letter: Post Creek

The complaint lists a number of issues and includes a request that the cutblocks proposed by Tamihi Logging Co. Ltd. (...
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Cumulative Effects: From Assessment Towards Management

The Forest Practices Board has had growing concerns about the cumulative effects of resource use on the British...
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Forestry Audit: British Columbia Timber Sales Kootenay Lake

BCTS and licence holders in the Kootenay Lake Forest District complied in all significant respects with legislative...
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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