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Highlights include: working closely with the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development on the provincial Managed Forest Program Review; updating and implementing our Communications Plan to ensure effective, relevant communications with stakeholders; conducting 62 inspections of [...]
The most active time of the year for landslides and debris flows is approaching. We remind managed forest owners, or contractors, employees or agents of owners, that you are required to report a landslide or debris flow to council within [...]
Council has several mechanisms that may be used to ensure compliance with the Private Managed Forest Land Act and regulations. Compliance mechanisms and decisions are outlined in the compliance section of this website. The Private Managed Forest Land Act (Act) [...]
COVID-19 is a serious threat to public health. The Council office has developed and implemented safety procedures for employees and visitors to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19 at the Victoria Council office. Most Council business interactions can take [...]
As part of Council’s responsibility for monitoring and enforcing forest practices standards, an annual inspection program is carried out to assess owner performance in relation to compliance requirements, focusing on: harvest activities; road construction, maintenance & deactivation; and reforestation. Council [...]
UPDATE: Will Pryhitko, Managed Forest 38, has been re-elected by acclamation for a three-year term starting July 1, 2020. One private managed forest land owner from the interior region is to be elected to Council for a three-year term beginning [...]
The Annual Declaration form is now available for owners to report their harvesting, destroyed timber, road building, road deactivation, and reforestation activities. One of Council’s administrative roles is to collect information on the forest management activities of Managed Forest Owners. [...]
Highlights include: drafting regulatory amendments to further protect drinking water and limit reforestation timelines; completing 3 investigations and 3 compliance determinations; conducting 46 managed forest inspections; and administering the managed forest program that includes 285 private managed forests encompassing 817,000 [...]
As part of Council’s function to enforce forest practices standards, an annual inspection program is carried out to measure owner performance in relation to compliance requirements. Owner compliance rate is 99%. The Managed Forest Council (Council) is the independent provincial [...]
The Province of British Columbia has initiated a review of the Private Managed Forest Land Program. The announcement to review the Private Managed Forest Land Program was made earlier this year as part of the Province’s Coast Forest Sector Revitalization [...]