To help develop a proposed Elk Management Plan for the Cariboo Region, members of the public, First Nations and natural resource stakeholders are invited to submit their feedback on a bulletin summarizing elk ecology, population status and management options.

Since April 1, 2014, the Cariboo Fire Centre has responded to seven wildfires that have burned about 20 hectares.

The Cariboo Fire Centre is encouraging the public to exercise caution when doing any outdoor burning this spring.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is planning a series of controlled burns near Chimney Lake and Felker Lake between April 7 and mid-May 2014, weather conditions permitting.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is planning a series of ecosystem restoration burns west and south of Williams Lake between April 3 and mid-May 2014, weather conditions permitting.

Smoke and flames from a prescribed burn may be visible north of the Village of Clinton and west of Highway 97 from April 1-11, 2014.

The Province has signed a community forest agreement with the City of Williams Lake and the Williams Lake Indian Band, enhancing economic opportunities and forest stewardship in the Central Cariboo, Forests.

During these cold autumn nights, people often light their wood stoves or fireplaces to keep warm. But do they know where their firewood came from? Was it legally harvested?

The Wildfire Management Branch, in conjunction with BC Parks, will be conducting a series of prescribed burns in the Churn Creek Protected Area between Oct. 21 and Oct. 31, 2013, weather permitting.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations advises that prescribed burning will take place in several areas west and south of Williams Lake between Oct. 17 and Oct. 31, 2013, weather conditions permitting.