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Cabinet appoints three to Forest Practices Board, including Nelson's Marlene Machmer

Nelson Daily Staff
By Nelson Daily Staff
December 7th, 2014

Nelson’s Marlene Machmer, R.P.Bio, is one of three members appointed to the Forest Practices Board by the BC Cabinet.

Angeline Nyce, RPF, and current board member Bill Dumont, RPF, reappointed to a two-year term, joins Machmer on the board.

Nyce and Machmer are appointed to two-year terms.

“I am very pleased to see Bill Dumont reappointed, and I welcome Marlene Machmer and Angeline Nyce to the board,” said board chair, Tim Ryan.

“Bill has made a valued contribution to the board during his past term, and I look forward to two more years working with him. Both Marlene and Angeline bring new backgrounds and perspectives to the board table as we deliberate on forest and range practices in B.C.”

Machmer is a resident of Nelson, B.C., where she owns a consulting firm. She is an ecologist with 25 years experience in environmental impact assessment, management, inventory, restoration and stewardship in B.C. She has done work for the forest, mining and power industries, as well as government and First Nations.

Nyce owns her own law firm and currently practises in the areas of Natural Resources and Aboriginal Law, focusing on sustainable development and land use issues, and she advises on a range of business law matters. 

Dumont has worked in the forest sector in B.C. and internationally for more than 40 years, 27 for Western Forest Products including as chief forester. He was also chief executive officer of Sarawak Forestry Corporation (Malaysia). He is currently a consultant and lives in Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island.

The Forest Practices Board is B.C.’s independent watchdog for sound forest and range practices, reporting its findings and recommendations directly to the public and government.

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