The Province publicly released the Northeast Oil and Gas Human Health Risk Assessment Study, announced Health Minister Terry Lake.

Bill 25, introduced today, will make it easier to regulate and manage low-impact community, recreational, industrial and commercial activity on Crown lands, streamline fees for transactions under the Land Title Act and allow non-Canadians to register as land surveyors.

Comments are being accepted until May 3, 2015, on a new discussion paper released today as part of a comprehensive timber supply review for the Fraser Timber Supply Area.

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.

Comments are being accepted until Feb. 6, 2015, on a public discussion paper released as part of a comprehensive timber supply review for the Strathcona Timber Supply Area.

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.

The Province is changing the legal status of more than a million hectares of Crown land around Atlin to help support the cultural interests of local First Nations.

A review of land use planning around Burns Lake has determined that altering land use objectives in the area would provide little benefit to the region's timber supply and increase the risk to important environmental values.