As part of Council’s responsibility for monitoring and enforcing forest practices standards, an annual inspection program is carried out to assess managed forest owner compliance with the regulatory requirements. 53 inspections are scheduled for 2022.

One private managed forest land owner from the coast region is to be elected to Council for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2022. Council will accept nominations for this position until April 15, 2022.

The Annual Declaration form is now available for owners to report their harvesting, destroyed timber, road construction, road deactivation, and reforestation activities for 2021. The declaration is due May 1, 2022.

Highlights include: MFC worked closely with the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development on the provincial Managed Forest Program Review; participated as a delegate at the 2020 ABCFP virtual convention; and conducted 63 inspections of managed forests to assess compliance with the Council Regulation.