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                                                                    Exhibit 15.2

                          WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.

               ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE CHARTER

1.    GENERAL

      The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Western Forest Products Inc. (the
      "Corporation") has established an Environmental, Health and Safety
      Committee (the "Committee") to assist the Board in respect of health and
      safety matters and the Corporation's compliance with applicable
      environmental legislation.

2.    MEMBERS

      The Board will in each year appoint a minimum of two (2) directors as
      members of the Committee. All members of the Committee will be
      non-management directors. In addition, the Committee will have an
      appropriate representation of independent directors as required by law.

3.    DUTIES

      The Committee shall have the following duties:

      (a)   Safe Workplaces: Review the Corporation's health and safety policies
            and procedures and require that each of the locations at which the
            Corporation or its subsidiaries has operations has adequate programs
            in place to provide safe workplaces, including adequate employee
            safety instruction, safety equipment and reporting on unsafe
            workplace conditions.

      (b)   Monitor Compliance: To review the policies, programs, and practices
            of the Corporation and monitor the adequacy of compliance systems in
            the following areas:

            -     Environmental laws; and

            -     Health and safety laws.

      (c)   Recommendations: To report and make recommendations to the Board on
            such areas of regulatory compliance as are considered appropriate
            from time to time (it being understood that the Committee will focus
            on the adequacy of compliance systems, practices and procedures,
            while the full Board will continue to receive the management reports
            on actual compliance results, including quarterly safety statistics,
            environmental audit results, status of enforcement actions, and
            notice of other material developments).

4.    CHAIR

      The Board will in each year appoint the Chair of the Committee from among
      the members of the Committee. In the Chair's absence, or if the position
      is vacant, the Committee may select another member as Chair. The Chair
      will have the right to exercise all powers of the Committee between
      meetings but will attempt to involve all other members as appropriate
      prior to the exercise of any powers and will, in any event, advise all
      other members of any decisions made or powers exercised.

5.    MEETINGS

      The Committee will meet at the request of its Chair, but in any event it
      will meet when required to consider matters referred to it by the Board.
      Notices calling meetings will be sent to all Committee members. The Chair
      of the Committee shall develop and set the Committee's agenda, in
      consultation with the other members of the Committee. Each member of the
      Committee is free to suggest the inclusion of items on the agenda. The
      agenda and information concerning the business to be conducted at each
      Committee meeting shall be distributed to the members of the Committee in
      advance of each meeting to permit meaningful review.

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6.    QUORUM

      A majority of members of the Committee, present in person, by
      teleconferencing, or by videoconferencing will constitute a quorum.

7.    REMOVAL AND VACANCY

      A member may resign from the Committee, and may also be removed and
      replaced at any time by the Board, and will automatically cease to be a
      member as soon as the member ceases to be a director. The Board will fill
      vacancies in the Committee by appointment from among the directors of the
      Board in accordance with Section 2 of this Charter. Subject to quorum
      requirements, if a vacancy exists on the Committee, the remaining members
      will exercise all its powers.

8.    EXPERTS AND ADVISORS

      In order to carry out its duties, the Committee may retain or appoint, at
      the Corporation's expense, such independent counsel and other experts and
      advisors as it deems necessary. The Committee shall provide notice to the
      Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of its actions in this
      regard.

9.    ACCESS

      The Committee may have access to and direct contact with any employee,
      contractor, supplier, customer or other person that is engaged in any
      business relationship with the Corporation to confirm information or to
      investigate any matter within the mandate of the Committee.

10.   SECRETARY AND MINUTES

      The Chair of the Committee shall appoint a secretary for each meeting to
      keep minutes of such meeting. The minutes of the Committee will be in
      writing and duly entered into the books of the Corporation. The minutes of
      the Committee will be circulated to all members of the Board, redacted as
      may be determined necessary by the Chair to remove any sensitive personnel
      information not otherwise material to the Board.

11.   GENERAL

      The Committee shall review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter
      annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval.

Dated as of May 6, 2005