Premier Christy Clark has tasked Minister Steve Thomson with annual forestry trade missions to Asia to continue diversifying markets for B.C. wood exports. These annual missions are a cornerstone of the joint provincial-federal-industry market developments in Asia.

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson will be leading a delegation of over 30 senior executives from B.C.’s forest companies and associations to Japan and China from Nov. 27 to Dec. 5, 2015.

Okanagan Shuswap District Natural Resource Officers are asking for the public’s help in finding the person or persons responsible for tampering with culverts at Dale Lake, causing a debris flood down Cooke Creek east of Enderby in May 2014.

The Province is helping protect spawning salmon by closing parts of the Somass and Stamp Rivers to all fishing.

Current weather conditions allow private landowners, BC Wildfire Service personnel and industry partners to reduce wildfire risks by burning piles of wood debris.

New mobile radio communication protocols are being implemented throughout B.C. to improve safety for resource road users.

The BC Wildfire Service advises that an ecosystem restoration burn is planned for an area east of Riske Creek between Nov. 2 and Dec. 31, 2015, weather conditions permitting.

Effective at noon (Pacific time) on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, Category 3 open fires will once again be permitted in the Boundary Fire Zone of the Southeast Fire Centre, due to a decreased risk of wildfires.

New mobile radio communication protocols are being implemented throughout B.C. to improve safety for resource road users.