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.

The board has built on the fact that B.C. is a leader in third-party certification by integrating the work of independent certifiers into its own compliance audits. This reduces costs and time in the field without reducing standards, and provides the public with added assurance about the quality of forest practices and third-party certifications.