Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $978,082 for seven projects in the Peace region.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development is asking for the public’s help to determine who interfered with a caribou recovery program by illegally “reactivating” an intentionally closed portion of the Fisher Creek Forest Service Road.

Under the BC Rural Dividend, the Province is providing $48,000 to the District of Chetwynd, MLA for Peace River South Mike Bernier announced.

Fifty elementary students will help release 14,000 lake trout into Moberly Lake as part of an ongoing effort to restore the species in its historic habitat.

Wildfire Management Branch is asking the public to refrain from entering the area where the Mt. McAllister wildfire is currently burning.

Fourteen thousand juvenile trout were released into Moberly Lake at Spence Tuck Regional Park, as part of a six-year project launched in 2010 to recover lake trout in Moberly Lake.

Local residents and school children were on hand to celebrate the release of 14,000 juvenile trout into Moberly Lake. The release of the trout is part of a six-year project to recover lake trout in Moberly Lake.

A community forest agreement for Chetwynd will enable the municipality and First Nations to manage local forest resources for timber, recreation and cultural values, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced.