The Prince George Fire Centre received multiple reports about three grass fires in the Peace Region this week. All of these fires were human-caused.

Comments and feedback are being sought on the North Vancouver Island draft Marine Plan at a series of open houses and public meetings in Campbell River, Port McNeill and Port Hardy, as part of the Marine Planning Partnership (MaPP) initiative for the North Pacific Coast.

The Cariboo Fire Centre is encouraging the public to exercise caution when doing any outdoor burning this spring.

Prescribed burning is planned in the Lundbom Lake area south of Merritt between April 10 and May 16, 2014.

VICTORIA - The 2014 Crown Contaminated Sites Program Biennial Report released today details work government has done over the past decade to clean up sites that have been contaminated by historic industrial activity.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is planning to conduct two prescribed burns in the East Kootenays in April.

Comments and feedback are being sought on the Haida Gwaii draft Marine Plan at a series of open houses and public meetings in Sandspit, Old Massett, Skidegate, and Port Clements, as part of the Marine Planning Partnership (MaPP) initiative.

Members of the public are invited to review and comment on BC Timber Sales' proposed 2014-2019 Nadina District Forest Stewardship Plan until May 30, 2014.

Smoke and flames from a controlled grass fire will be visible in the Predator Ridge area southwest of Vernon and along Highway 97 on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 1, 2014.