A University of Northern British Columbia graduate is among three new appointments to the Forest Practices Board.
Tara Marsden earned a masters in political science at UNBC and has worked with First Nations governments across northern B.C. on land and resource governance and management issues, according to a statement issued Monday by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.
Marsden is the sustainability director with the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs Office in Gitanyow and is a member of the Gitanyow First Nation.
She has also served as the B.C. Leadership Chair for Aboriginal Environmental Health at UNBC and has been an instructor at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. Marsden is a member of the Gitanyow First Nation.
University of British Columbia forestry professor Bruce Larson and Rick Monchak, a professional forester with a long history of working on the B.C. coast, were also named to the board.
All three were appointed for three-year terms and Larson will serve as vice-chair.
The board is B.C.'s independent watchdog for sound forest and range practices. The board audits forest and range practices and appropriateness of government enforcement on public lands, investigates public complaints and current forestry issues, participates in administrative appeals, and makes recommendations for improvement to practices and legislation.
More information on the Forest Practices Board is available online at www.bcfpb.ca.
