B.C. should improve forest management, especially around watersheds: forest watchdog
British Columbia's forests watchdog says a complaint about "excessive" logging has led to a call for the province to improve how it manages watersheds.
Forest Practices Board
Quadra Island's last old-growth threatened without provincial oversight
A Forestry Practices Board has highlighted concerns with the future of old growth forests or any new ones on Quadra Island following an investigation into three logging companies.
B.C. board says logging beetle-killed wood bad for the fisher, a species at risk
An investigation by British Columbia's forest practices watchdog has found the provincial government didn't take steps to protect a local species at risk when it allowed for extensive logging in the central Interior.
B.C. failed to reduce wildfire risk, despite warning, communities say
The fire in Logan Lake started like so many others in B.C.'s worst wildfire season on record — a smouldering campfire, not fully extinguished, sparked flames that spread across the forest floor.