British Columbia’s chief forester has set a new allowable annual cut (AAC) level for the Lillooet Timber Supply Area (TSA).

Value-added wood manufacturers are encouraged to join three new accelerator tables that will work to expand the sector in B.C.

Bruce Ralston, Minister of Forests, has released the following statement in response to today’s North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel ruling on Canada’s challenge of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final dumping determination on softwood lumber:

Communities around the Province will see less plastic in landfills after three million single-use plastic tree seedling wraps, which support 45 million seedlings, are eliminated from the tree-planting process in 2024.

Water restrictions for the lower Salmon River and Bessette Creek will expire this week, ending temporary protection orders put in place in August 2023 to help protect threatened salmon populations.

Following significant rainfall in some regions of Vancouver Island, fish population protection orders will be rescinded in the Koksilah and Tsolum rivers, allowing certain water usage to resume.

Premier David Eby and Bruce Ralston, Minister of Forests, have released the following statement in response to the deaths of four contracted wildfire fighters who were driving home after assisting with response efforts near Vanderhoof:

Bruce Ralston, Minister of Forests, has released the following statement to mark National Forest Week, Sept. 17-23, 2023:

Bruce Ralston, Minister of Forests, has released the following statement in response to Canfor’s investment in Houston mill operations: