The B.C. government is providing $750,000 to the Fraser Basin Council to support and explore flood management strategies.

A new $15 fee is being applied to two recreation sites in the Powell River area that are being upgraded to fee-for-service sites to provide better camping services.

The BC Wildfire Service plans to conduct a 39-hectare prescribed burn in the Date Creek area, about 26 kilometres northwest of the Village of Kispiox, to prepare the site for replanting and help reduce wildfire risks.

Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has issued the following statement:

Local governments, Indigenous communities and organizations, as well as not-for-profit organizations are eligible and encouraged to apply for funding in the sixth intake of the BC Rural Dividend program.

The BC Wildfire Service has added to the list of activities not allowed when a Category 2 open burning prohibition took effect throughout the Cariboo Fire Centre’s jurisdiction at noon on Friday, May 10, 2019.

Tree replanting in areas burned by the 2017 wildfires is underway in the Cariboo region, which will help re-establish wildlife habitat, increase the future timber supply and capture greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

Families, friends and members of surrounding communities are invited to the annual juvenile white sturgeon release on Thursday, May 16, 2019, between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. (Pacific time) at the Old Ferry Landing, near Creston.

About 70 trees that pose a risk to campers at the Shingle Beach Recreation Site on Texada Island will be removed for safety reasons.

Effective at noon on Friday, May 10, 2019, Category 2 open fires will be prohibited throughout the Cariboo Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.