When it comes to newborn wild animals, mother always knows best, and so with fawning and calving season underway, provincial biologists are reminding people that newborn deer, elk or moose should not be touched or moved when encountered.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has scheduled the second phase of a prescribed burn in the Morrissey Creek area.

A training exercise focusing on wildland/urban interface fires will take place in the York Road area of Oyster River on Sunday, April 28. The event will provide cross-training opportunities for first-responder agencies.

Effective at noon on May 15, 2013, the size of open fires will be restricted in most of the Kamloops Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect the public.

Visual quality objectives and scenic areas in the Fraser Timber Supply Area have been revised and will come into effect on April 18. Revisions were made to about 22 per cent of the existing visual quality objectives boundaries in the northern portion of the timber supply area.

Smoke and flames from burning piles of waste wood may be visible next to the Castlegar Golf Club as early as next week.

The Province is changing the designation on 313.75 hectares of Crown land to support the conservation aims of the neighbouring Johns Family Nature Conservancy Regional Park and Okanagan Mountain Park.

Efforts to save the endangered Nechako white sturgeon in B.C. reached an important milestone with the announcement of close to $10 million to build and operate a new sturgeon conservation centre on the Nechako River in Vanderhoof.

Wildlife habitat in the Okanagan is better protected following new additions to the South Okanagan Wildlife Management Area.