The B.C. government is continuing to protect old-growth forests and enhance biodiversity by establishing 79 old growth management areas under the Oil and Gas Activities Act.

To improve service, a variety of fish and wildlife applications will be available online only effective Monday, Feb. 2,

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is taking immediate action to save caribou herds under threat from wolf predation in two separate and targeted actions: one in the South Selkirk Mountains and the other in the South Peace.

A Forest Practices Board report released today confirms that the Province's memorandum of understanding with heli-ski and cat-ski operators is helping protect endangered mountain caribou.

The Province is extending a log export exemption aimed at supporting the forest industry in the mid-coast.

Changes made to the Range Act and Range Act regulation to improve the management of B.Cc's rangeland will come into force.

The B.C. government has taken another step to promote biodiversity and protect old-growth forests by creating an additional 329 old growth management areas.

VICTORIA - The 2014 Crown Contaminated Sites Program Biennial Report released today details work government has done over the past decade to clean up sites that have been contaminated by historic industrial activity.