Forest Practices Board Releases Annual Report
By 250 News
Monday, September 20, 2010 11:12 AM
Prince George, B.C.- The Forest Practices Board has released it’s annual report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.
The year saw the Board's field-based audit program examine forest practices on 207 cutblocks, 101 kilometres of road construction, 1,673 kilometres of road maintenance, 23 bridges, regeneration on 368 cutblocks and fire protection activities at seven active sites. Fourteen public complaints were investigated and six special investigations and reports were completed, examining issues such as forest fuel reduction around communities.
Through its 32 published reports, the board made recommendations to government that included: streamlining planning requirements for range tenure holders; laying out clear objectives for biodiversity protection during mountain pine beetle salvage logging; developing a dispute resolution process for competing uses of Crown land; and addressing unmanaged recreation and its impacts to the environment.
Board Chair Al Gorley, who took over from former chair Bruce Fraser in May, said that after 15 years, the board's role of providing the public with independent and credible information on management of B.C.'s forest resource remains as important as ever.
"In this environment of government fiscal restraint, continuing forest industry weakness and challenges posed by nature, it is more important than ever that someone be looking out for the public's interest in sound
management of our forest resources. The board is uniquely positioned to do so, and is appreciative of the all-around support we have received for our continued mandate and activities."
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