Highlights of the Year

  • The Board chair and staff were guest speakers at 13 conferences and workshops.
  • The Board dealt with 88 concerns (where members of the public contacted the Board with a problem). Most were dealt with by asking the person to first try to resolve their concern by contacting the regulatory agency that deals with the matter. Many concerns dealt with matters that the Board has no authority to investigate. In those cases, the person was directed to an agency that did have the jurisdiction, such as the Ombudsman.
  • The Board reported out on 16 complaint investigations and began 11 new complaint investigations.
  • The Board released the findings of 10 audits. Results for another five audits started during the fiscal year are pending.
  • The Board reviewed 160 penalty determinations made by Ministry of Forests' district managers, reviewed 17 appeals, and joined four appeals to the Forest Appeals Commission on behalf of the public interest.
  • The Board published several reports addressing issues of public concern, including safety of bridges on forest service roads, the reduction in landslides caused by forestry activities, access management issues on forestry and other resource roads, and post-wildfire hazard assessment. Special investigations of forest fuel management, mountain pine beetle salvage and re-establishment of forests following logging were started during the fiscal year.
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