Despite the change in weather conditions, the Wildfire Management Branch urges the public to use caution when participating in recreational activities in the backcountry or using any open flame.

Over the Victoria Day holiday weekend, Wildfire Management Branch crews from the Cariboo Fire Centre responded to nine new wildfires. Fire suppression efforts also continued on the Pelican Lake fire.

The Province and the Tsilhqot'in National Government (TNG) are developing a government-to-government agreement outlining the short-term and long-term steps to implement the Supreme Court of Canada decision on Aboriginal title.

Residents of Horsefly, Likely and neighbouring communities are reminded that, due to ongoing site rehabilitation of Hazeltine Creek, the Horsefly-Likely Forest Service Road (Ditch Road) remains closed to all unauthorized persons and vehicle traffic until further notice.

Since April 1, the Wildfire Management Branch has responded to 24 wildfires within the Cariboo Fire Centre that have burned about 500 hectares. All of these fires were human-caused and therefore preventable.

Effective at noon on April 27, 2015, Category 3 open burning will be prohibited by the Wildfire Management Branch throughout the Cariboo Fire Centre to help prevent the public.

Young people considering what skills they will need for tomorrow's in-demand occupations will have an opportunity for interactive, hands-on experience at WorkBC's Find Your Fit tour stop at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex in the Gibraltar Room on Thursday, March 26, 2015.

The Ministry of Environment advises that a series of ecosystem restoration burns is planned for the Churn Creek Protected Area from March 25 to April 17, 2015, weather permitting.