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.

The B.C. government has taken another step to promote biodiversity and protect old-growth forests by creating an additional 329 old growth management areas.

A review of land use planning around Burns Lake has determined that altering land use objectives in the area would provide little benefit to the region's timber supply and increase the risk to important environmental values.

Another milestone was reached with environmental groups and forest companies jointly submitting proposals to increase conservation, while maintaining economic activity in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Comments are being accepted until Feb. 3, 2014, on a public discussion paper released today as part of a comprehensive timber supply review for the Robson Valley timber supply area (TSA).

Effective immediately, the allowable annual cut for the 100 Mile House timber supply area (TSA) remains at 2.0 million cubic metres.

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson has approved the removal of 116 hectares of private land from Tolko Industries' Tree Farm Licence 49.

An additional 23,810 hectares of old growth management areas now are protected in the Chilliwack District, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced.

With the release of 'Beyond the Beetle: A Mid-Term Timber Supply Action Plan', we have outlined a clear strategy to help our forests recover from the damage done by the mountain pine beetle infestation.