As we celebrate Canada’s National Forest Week, it’s time to reflect on the sector’s importance to the people of British Columbia.

Effective immediately, Shane Berg, British Columbia’s deputy chief forester, has set a new allowable annual cut (AAC) level for Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 1, located In the Skeena region north of Terrace.

British Columbians will soon have free access to high-tech data about the province.

The B.C. government has provided more than $490,000 in grants to six local governments and First Nations in the Cariboo Fire Centre to support wildfire risk reduction initiatives and help keep communities safe.

The B.C. government is delivering on its commitment to modernize the forest sector, protect good jobs and put people and communities first by making regulation changes to help forest-sector contractors stay in business, improve competitiveness and prosper.

The B.C. government is taking action to make sure more people benefit from timber harvesting in the Prince George Timber Supply Area (TSA).

The B.C. government plans to conduct aerial-spray treatments north of Courtenay to prevent gypsy moth populations from becoming established and to minimize the risk they pose to forests, farms, orchards and trees.