The Province is recognizing Ron and Doug Fuller for innovation and excellence in woodlot management, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced.

Comments are being accepted until Nov. 24, 2015, on a discussion paper released today as part of a comprehensive timber supply review for the Kamloops Timber Supply Area.

In recognition of this year’s theme for Sept. 20-26 National Forest Week, “Wildland Fire – You can make a difference”, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson has released the following statement:

A fibre action plan will help generate more value from the province’s forest resources.

The B.C. government and the Union of British Columbia Municipalities are providing new grants totalling $500,000 to help communities identify and take action to reduce wildfire risks on private land.

Following the federal government’s decision to issue aquaculture licences, the B.C. government has issued two new tenures under the Land Act for salmon aquaculture purposes, near Hope Island off the northern tip of Vancouver Island, and offered two more, one in the Clio Channel, east of Port McNeill, and one near Flores Island, north of Tofino.

Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s preliminary decision to impose 11.19% duties on Catalyst’s exports of supercalendared paper:

Authorizations allowing construction to begin on the Site C Clean Energy Project were issued today by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.