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.

To improve service, a variety of fish and wildlife applications will be available online only effective Monday, Feb. 2,

The province is committed to helping local communities throughout B.C. manage deer and other wild animals in urban environments.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is taking immediate action to save caribou herds under threat from wolf predation in two separate and targeted actions: one in the South Selkirk Mountains and the other in the South Peace.

A Forest Practices Board report released today confirms that the Province's memorandum of understanding with heli-ski and cat-ski operators is helping protect endangered mountain caribou.

The Province is extending a log export exemption aimed at supporting the forest industry in the mid-coast.

Applications to participate in the province's Rural Advisory Council are now being accepted until Jan. 9, 2015.

Owners of private land in the Cariboo Region now have a new tool to help prevent the spread of damaging Douglas-fir beetles on their property.