The Province is changing the designation on 313.75 hectares of Crown land to support the conservation aims of the neighbouring Johns Family Nature Conservancy Regional Park and Okanagan Mountain Park.

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson has approved the removal of 116 hectares of private land from Tolko Industries' Tree Farm Licence 49.

Residents of Kelowna and surrounding communities may see smoke from a series of controlled fires over the next month, as a contractor working for the Okanagan Shuswap District collects and burns waste wood and other forest fuels in the Gillard Creek area.

Residents of the Okanagan Valley will soon have an additional 2.83 hectares of parkland to enjoy - the result of a land grant from the B.C. government's Sponsored Crown Grant program.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations plans to aerially treat up to 28,000 hectares of forest in the Okanagan to reduce populations of western spruce budworm.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations plans to aerially treat up to 28,000 hectares of Douglas fir forest in the Okanagan to reduce populations of western spruce budworm.

Thanks to more than $23,000 in provincial Brownfield Renewal funding, the empty lot at 1491 Sutherland Drive in Kelowna will one day be affordable housing.