The Cariboo Fire Centre is encouraging the public to exercise caution with any outdoor burning activities, due to an increased wildfire risk in the region.

Smoke and flames from a prescribed burn may be visible north of the Village of Clinton and west of Highway 97 from March 11-31, 2015.

On Monday, March 9, crews from the Southeast Fire Centre responded to four new wildfires, all of which were human-caused and therefore preventable.

A series of ecosystem restoration burns is being planned for the Satellite Hill and South Fork areas east of Vernon.

The Southeast Fire Centre is asking the public to exercise caution with any outdoor burning activities, due to an increased wildfire risk in the region.

After an extensive review, acting chief forester Diane Nicholls announced an allowable annual cut of 196,000 cubic metres for the Cassiar Timber Supply Area effective immediately - a decrease of 36% from the 305,000 cubic metres per year set in 2001.

The Wildfire Management Branch is working with the Lytton First Nation to burn approximately 50 hectares of land next to the Village of Lytton, on the west side of the Fraser River.

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.