More than $12 million in new funding for public safety and environment programs will support not-for-profit organizations that are helping make life better for people throughout B.C.

To minimize the risk invasive spongy moths pose to forests, farms, orchards and urban trees and to prevent the moths from becoming permanently established, the Ministry of Forests plans to carry out a spongy moth treatment program in Greater Victoria during the spring.

To minimize the risk invasive spongy moths pose to forests, farms, orchards and urban trees and to prevent the moths from becoming permanently established, the Ministry of Forests plans to carry out a spongy moth treatment program in Courtenay during the spring.

To minimize the risk invasive spongy moths pose to forests, farms, orchards and urban trees and to prevent the moths from becoming permanently established, the Ministry of Forests plans to carry out a spongy moth treatment program in Port Alberni during the spring.

To minimize the risk invasive spongy moths pose to forests, farms, orchards and urban trees, and to prevent the moths from becoming permanently established, the Ministry of Forests plans to carry out a spongy moth treatment program in Campbell River during the spring.

From the Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2022/08/government-of-canada-and-province-of-british-columbia-support-14-fish-and-seafood-innovation-projects.html

When staff at B.C.’s Invasive Mussel Defence Program were notified that a high-risk watercraft heading for the Lower Mainland appeared to be covered in invasive zebra mussels, inspectors with the Conservation Officer Service (COS) immediately took action.

Regulatory changes have been made to the provincial Wildlife Act to help enhance government’s ability to manage feral rabbits and reduce their spread.

Josie Osborne, Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship, and Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, have released the following joint statement during Invasive Species Action Month:

The B.C. government will conduct aerial spray treatments and one ground treatment in six specific Lower Mainland locations this spring.