The ministry's South Island Natural Resource District and the Pacific Rim Forest Professional Network are inviting the public to celebrate National Forest Week.

Comments are being accepted until Nov. 19, on a public discussion paper released as part of a comprehensive timber supply review for the Cassiar Timber Supply Area.

John Rustad, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Bill Bennett, Minister of Energy and Mines, and Mary Polak, Minister of Environment gave the following statement regarding the government's decision to appoint a mediator to help address the protest of the Arctos Anthracite coal project near Mt. Klappan.

Those interested in learning more about the proposed Master Plan updates for the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort are invited to attend an information session.

The Eutsuk Lake wildfire continues to burn actively and smoke from this fire may be visible in Prince George, Quesnel, Williams Lake and surrounding areas.

Users of off-road vehicles, including ATV riders, are reminded to obey recreational use restrictions currently in effect in the Yanks Peak and Eureka Peak sub-alpine areas east of Williams Lake.

Smoke from a large wildfire burning in Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park may be visible in Prince George, Quesnel, Kenney Dam and surrounding areas.

A prescribed burning program is being planned in the South Fork area east of Vernon between Sept. 13 and Oct. 30, 2013, weather conditions permitting.

Five coastal First Nations have been awarded $60,000 over one year to establish a tsunami debris management and cleanup program along the central coast of British Columbia, north of Vancouver Island to the Alaska Panhandle.

Certainty for the future of the Klappan took an important step forward today, with the announcement of a shared approach between the Province and the Tahltan on future decisions about conservation and protection in the area.