British Columbia is experiencing an early and active start to the wildfire season, so it’s more important than ever for communities and individuals to do their part to help protect homes, resources and infrastructure from wildfire threats.

Effective immediately, the new allowable annual cut (AAC) for the Kamloops Timber Supply Area (TSA) will be 2.3 million cubic metres and decrease to 2.1 million cubic metres, effective May 5, 2021.

Wolf removal activities to help save endangered caribou herds in the South Selkirk Mountains and South Peace have concluded for the second year of the five-year wolf removal project.

The B.C. government has proclaimed May 2016 as “Invasive Species Action Month” to help raise awareness of the environmental and economic damage that invasive plants and animals can cause if they become established in the province.

The B.C. government has established 6,482 old growth management areas (OGMAs) under the Oil and Gas Activities Act.

Effective May 1, 2016, the kokanee sport fishery on the upper west arm of Kootenay Lake will be catch and release only for the remainder of the fishing season.

Effective April 25, 2016, the Province has launched a new online portal that makes it easy for hunters to access a range of e-services, including hunting licences and applications for limited entry hunting (LEH) draws.

The B.C. government is distributing over $1.7 million in new grants to help control the spread of invasive plants in the province.

Increased fines for a variety of wildfire-related violation tickets came into force. Anyone caught contravening specified open burning and campfire regulations could now face fines more than three times higher than last year’s penalties.

Members of the Province’s Rural Advisory Council were reappointed for another two years by Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson and Parliamentary Secretary Donna Barnett.