New forest stewardship plans still lacking: Forest Practices Board

By Darlene Oman
BC Forest Practices Board
May 31, 2019
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

A follow-up report on implementing recommendations to improve forest stewardship plans in B.C. has found some improvement in the quality of plans but concludes the recommendations have not yet been fully implemented.  In August 2015, the Forest Practices Board (FPB) published a special investigation report called Forest Stewardship Plans: Are They Meeting Expectations? That investigation found the quality of plans needs to improve as the plans did not include adequate content and were not useful to the public in providing input on proposed forestry activities, the FPB noted. …“We looked at 10 recently approved plans and found there is an improving trend in the content of FSPs, especially where targeted training and guidance have been provided, but overall they continue to have a low to moderate degree of conformity with the legal requirements,” said Kevin Kriese, FPB Chair. 

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