Effective Feb. 7, 2019, Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 54 on the west coast of Vancouver Island will have an area-based allowable annual cut level of 170 hectares.

A blue ribbon panel review of B.C.’s forest inventory program has made recommendations to improve the program.

Funding of $10 million from the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia will mean more wood waste will be redirected to mills instead of being burned on the ground, creating more jobs for British Columbians and reducing carbon emissions.

Fish biologists will be busy catching and releasing burbot on Moyie Lake from Feb. 11 to 22, 2019, for hatchery egg collection.

An enforcement operation to protect the Kiskatinaw River watershed in the Dawson Creek area has reviewed 49 water storage structures, including dugouts and dams.

The Sugar Cane Development Corporation and the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association will receive $100,000 each under the special circumstances provision of the BC Rural Dividend.

The Nadleh Whut’en First Nation and the Corporation of the Village of Fraser Lake will receive a total of $153,168 to support economic diversification and create local employment opportunities under the special circumstances provision of the BC Rural Dividend.

The Lakes District Family Enhancement Society is getting $99,947 to implement the Community Food Hub Transition project under the special circumstances provision of the BC Rural Dividend.