BC Timber Sales (BCTS) is a supporter of National Forest Week, Sept. 22 to 28, 2019.

Rabbit owners in the Capital Regional District are being advised to take precautions with their pet rabbits after two feral rabbits in Saanich died from from a highly infectious virus.

Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has released the following statement in recognition of National Forest Week, Sept. 22 to 28, 2019:

Although some parts of British Columbia have received significant rainfall in recent weeks, this year’s wildfire season is far from over.

Local governments, Indigenous communities and organizations, as well as not-for-profit organizations, are reminded to get their applications for the sixth intake of the BC Rural Dividend program submitted before the Aug. 15, 2019, deadline.

With increasing temperatures and drier conditions in many parts of the province, British Columbians are urged to do everything they can to prevent wildfires on the B.C. Day long weekend and in the weeks ahead.

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, and B.C. Premier John Horgan have confirmed their joint determination to do everything possible to ensure Fraser River chinook, steelhead, coho and sockeye are able to navigate past the Big Bar slide to their spawning grounds.

The B.C. government is protecting some of the province’s largest trees as the first step in a new approach to old-growth management.

Effective July 16, 2019, the new allowable annual cut (AAC) for the Fort Nelson Timber Supply Area (TSA) is 2,582,350 cubic metres, announced Shane Berg, deputy chief forester.