A public access restriction for areas around the Sitkum Creek wildfire will take effect immediately and remain in force until the public is otherwise notified.

Kootenay anglers are encouraged to learn more about management plans for the recovery of the Kootenay Lake fishery at a public meeting co-hosted by the Province and the Balfour and District Business & Historic Association.

Effective immediately, the Meadow Creek Cedar Forest Licence has been placed under notice for pending cancellation by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

The public is invited to review and comment on BC Timber Sales' latest operating plan for logging and road building in the Arrow and Cascadia timber supply areas until Jan. 3, 2014.

Five companies in an innovative forestry practices agreement have had their combined allowable annual cut raised by 22,000 cubic metres per year.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is inviting the public to review and comment on proposed visual-quality objectives and scenic areas in the Kootenay Lake portion of the Selkirk Resource District.

Scenic areas are established under the Land Act and define broad

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations plans to aerially treat up to 10,000 hectares of forest in the Kootenay-Boundary Region to reduce populations of western spruce budworm.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has suspended Meadow Creek Cedar's forest licence and fined the Kootenay-based company $42,000 for failing to meet its legal obligations to reforest logged areas.

The Regional District of Central Kootenay received $27,500 from the wood stove exchange program to encourage residents to trade in their smoky old wood stoves for a high-efficiency model or other clean-burning appliance, Environment Minister Terry Lake announced today.