The British Columbia government is committed to keeping the public informed about wildfire activity in the province.

The BC Wildfire Service is sending 55 more firefighting personnel to Ontario and Quebec to help with firefighting efforts in those provinces.

Comments are being accepted until Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, on a discussion paper that is part of a comprehensive timber supply review for the Fort Nelson Timber Supply Area.

The Province is restricting commercial-scale huckleberry harvesting to protect grizzly bear habitat in the Kootenay Boundary region.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, in partnership with the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, is presenting a series of information sessions about how communities and individuals can prepare for wildfires and reduce wildfire risks.

The BC Wildfire Service is sending firefighting personnel to Ontario and Quebec to help with firefighting efforts in those provinces, due to an increasing wildfire threat in Eastern Canada.

The Province, in partnership with Lil’wat Nation and Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative, is taking action to protect grizzly bears by closing two resource roads in the Upper Lillooet and Birkenhead River areas.

Government is protecting the health and safety of British Columbians and the environment, by continuing to remediate contaminated sites that were abandoned by their owners.

Effective at noon (Pacific time) on Friday, July 6, 2018, Category 2 open burning will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre’s jurisdiction.