Thanks to a multi-level partnership to enhance the Okanagan's outdoor recreation opportunities, the Highland Trail is receiving upgrades to make it safer and more accessible for residents and visitors.

The Province is accepting bids on a new woodlot licence near 100 Mile House, a move that will eventually generate new job opportunities across the region.

Travellers are advised the East Canoe Forest Service Road located in the Kinbasket Reservoir area will be closed until further notice at the 27-kilometre marker starting Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson issued the following statement from Beijing, where he is concluding a forestry trade mission to Japan and China:

The Province is accepting bids on a new woodlot licence near Edgewood, a move that will eventually generate new job opportunities across the region.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations plans to conduct a prescribed burn in a 200-hectare plot of forest near Lintz Lake this week to remove dead or damaged trees and prepare the ground for reforestation.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has announced changes to the mule deer hunting season in areas of the Peace.

The Wildfire Management Branch, in conjunction with BC Parks, will be conducting a series of prescribed burns in the Churn Creek Protected Area between Oct. 21 and Oct. 31, 2013, weather permitting.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations advises that prescribed burning will take place in several areas west and south of Williams Lake between Oct. 17 and Oct. 31, 2013, weather conditions permitting.