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Issue #24 - Winter 2020/21

Here in BC the coming year will continue to see a significant focus on big issues from the past year; the economic transition in the forest sector driven in part by declining fiber supply, managing the implications of the COVID 19 pandemic, and implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The […]
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Was marbled murrelet habitat adequately protected in the Brand Valley?

On July 26, 1999, the Board received a request for an administrative review of the determination to approve the South...
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Regenerating dry interior Douglas-fir forests proves challenging

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 […]
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Audit of Quesnel BCTS program finds issues

VICTORIA – An audit of the BC Timber Sales (BCTS) program and timber-sale licensees operating under the program has found poor results. Timber sales licensees were fully compliant with the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) but had several non-compliances with Wildfire Act requirements. BCTS had several non-compliance issues under FRPA, as well as an […]
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Public Request for Copy of Forestry Plan

Public Request for Copy of Forestry Plan This investigation is about the adequacy of the public review and comment opportunity for Pope and Talbot's (the...
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CLOSING LETTER: Twain Creek

Closing Letter File: 97250-20\010304 October 31, 2001 Dear Participants: Re: Decision to Stop...
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Tolko operations near Merritt pass audit

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, […]
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Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle Salvage Logging on a Trapline

In January 2010, the Forest Practices Board received a complaint from a Colleymount resident who farms, logs, and holds a range and a trapping tenure. The complainant believes that harvesting and road construction have reduced the available amount of wildlife habitat, disrupted the natural movement of animals and that his trapping tenure can no longer support […]
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Response to Recommendations

Response to Recommendations
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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