Effective Monday, April 2, 2012 at 12 noon, the size of open fires will be restricted within the Cariboo Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect the public.

Effective immediately, the new allowable annual cut for the Okanagan timber supply area will decrease from 3.375 million cubic metres to 3.1 million cubic metres, chief forester Jim Snetsinger announced.

New capital funding announced as part of Budget 2012-13 will allow an expanded zone office and new provincial wildfire training centre to be built in Merritt.

The future of the McAbee fossil site near Cache Creek is more secure than ever, with the Province announcing today that it will formally recognize the area as a Heritage Site.

Effective immediately, the new allowable annual cut for Tree Farm Licence 49 will be decreased from 580,000 cubic metres to 330,000 cubic metres, chief forester Jim Snetsinger announced today.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations responds to the auditor general's report on the ministry's timber management objectives:

All of Avatar Grove, a unique stand of old-growth cedars near Port Renfrew, is now protected in an expanded old growth management area, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced.

Have you ever wanted to manage your own forest? Here's your chance with a new woodlot licence available near Quesnel, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced.