Board Findings to Date
Since it was created in 1995, the Forest Practices Board has made more than 280 recommendations in more than 180 reports on ground-level examinations of forest practices. The board has found that forest practices in B.C. have improved, and continue to improve.

A 2003 study by the board found that B.C. is doing an excellent job of turning harvested sites into new, healthy forests. In general, audits and investigations have found that, among other things, stream protection has improved, harvest areas are smaller with more trees left onsite, logging is less disruptive, and better construction, maintenance and deactivation is reducing the environmental impacts of logging roads.

The board encourages continuous improvement of forest practices in B.C., and has identified the need for better protection of environmental values such as scenery, recreation, and threatened and endangered wildlife. In recent years, it has called on government to work faster to complete landscape-level planning and to improve direction to forest companies to ensure important forest values are protected.