On local issues, Fraser sought changes to the E&N Railway Company's pest management plan which was being reviewed by the Ministry of Environment. Specifically, he sought the removal of 2,4-D and Garlon 4 based on concerns regarding potential interaction with the local watershed. The management plan was approved by the ministry but the company agreed to replace 2,4-D. Fraser supported residents who sought to add land to MacMillan Provincial Park (Cathedral Grove), oppose developing a new parking lot there and stop logging of old growth forest adjacent to Cathedral Grove. Fraser sought provincial assistance to protect Hamilton Marsh, near Qualicum Beach, after a failed acquisition deal between the land owners, Ducks Unlimited and the Regional District of Nanaimo. Fraser joined the Bamfield Road Safety Association which lobbied the Ministry of Transportation to upgrade and better maintain Bamfield Road which had several traffic-related deaths. Fraser was a persistent critic of the "Private Managed Forest Land Act", adopted in 2003 during the 37th Parliament, which enabled the province to sell parts of crown land Tree Farm Licence (TFL) to private companies and consequently, in Fraser's view, led to an increase in exports of raw logs and the idling of sawmills in BC. Fraser asked the Auditor General of BC to include a review of the removal of land from TFL 44 (the TFL in his riding) in the review of such removals under this act —- though the Auditor General declined as his mandated review specifically excluded consideration of TFL 44 and he would not conduct a separate, independent review. After it was disclosed that the BC Investment Management Corporation, which invests public funds but is independent of the government, owned 25% of the company that owned the forest land, Fraser suggested that the corporation violated its own rules on environmental and socially-ethical investments and colluded with BC Liberal donor Brookfield Asset Management, who owned 50% of the same company. In protest of the pay raises given to MLAs, Fraser donated his raise to local charities, including several scholarships for high school students in his riding entering post-secondary education.