B.C. Forest Practices Board Says Forestry Changes Could Reduce Wildfire Risk

B.C. forestry needs to do more to reduce wildfire risk: Report

Problems found with outdated rules and poor coordination with local communities

B.C. Forest Practices Board Finds Forestry Under-utilized In Wildfire Defence - Wood Business

A two-year investigation by the Forest Practices Board has found outdated rules and unclear responsibilities are preventing forestry from becoming a powerful wildfire-defence tool. The board examined forestry operations from 2019 until 2022 in the wildland-urban interface — areas where communities and forests meet — in the Sea to Sky, Cariboo-Chilcotin and Peace natural resource districts. “More than one million British Columbians live in interf…

BC Forest Practices Board says forestry changes could reduce the risk of wildfires

British Columbia's Forest Practices Board says a two-year investigation has found outdated rules and unclear responsibility are stopping forestry from becoming a wildfire prevention tool.

B.C. logging industry needs to do more to cut wildfire risk, report finds

A new report from Forest Practices Board says the B.C.'s logging industry isn't doing enough to help cut the risk of wildfires and calls for an update of provincial regulations.

Outdated forestry rules increase wildfire risk, B.C. Forest Practices Board says

The board’s report makes five recommendations that it says would help support ‘faster fuel cleanup, better co-ordination and more consistent protection’

B.C. Forest Practices Board says forestry changes could reduce wildfire risk

British Columbia's Forest Practices Board says a two-year investigation has found "outdated rules and unclear responsibility" are stopping forestry from becoming a wildfire prevention tool. The board - an independent body that audits B.C. forest practices - says it examined forestry operat...