A Smithers resident has been appointed chair of the Forest Practices Board.
Forests minister Doug Donaldson says Kevin Kriese will take on the three-year term as head of the province’s independent forestry watchdog August 7th.
Kriese, who has degrees in natural resource management and forestry, comes to the FPB from the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, where he was assistant deputy minister for the North.
Donaldson says Kriese brings extensive contacts and relationships with industry, communities, and First Nations to the role.
