Giant hogweed. Death cap mushrooms. Zebra mussels. These are just some of the species that are not supposed to be in British Columbia.

The B.C. government has released its updated action plan in response to the government-commissioned, independent Abbott/Chapman report on the unprecedented 2017 wildfire and flood seasons in British Columbia.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $906,306 for seven projects in the Lillooet district.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $502,734 for nine projects in the Sea to Sky corridor.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $390,500 for four projects to support Indigenous businesses in the Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $363,450 to the Southern Gulf Islands Community Resources Centre, the Capital Regional District and the Salt Spring Island Chamber of Commerce for four projects.

BC Wildfire Service crews will continue to burn piles of accumulated woody debris near Williams Lake over the next four weeks to reduce wildfire risks in the area.

A 72-hectare prescribed burn will be conducted in the Place Lake area sometime between April 29 and May 17, 2019, if weather and burning conditions are suitable.

Comments are being accepted until July 5, 2019, on a discussion paper released as part of a comprehensive timber supply review for the Lakes Timber Supply Area.

A remote lake in the Sunshine Coast area of British Columbia has been officially named Phare Lake to commemorate the late John Phare, who died in a tree-felling accident while working on the Old Sechelt Mine wildfire on July 5, 2015.