The public is urged to use extra caution near the Okanagan River, due to high water levels.

The public is invited to attend a community open house and participate in a discussion about the 2018 gypsy moth spray program in Campbell River.

Testing has confirmed that dead feral rabbits, found in the Comox Valley, suffered from rabbit haemorrhagic disease, caused by a calicivirus.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $1.76 million for 11 projects in northern B.C., Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, announced today.

The BC Wildfire Service is planning to conduct a series of open burns in the Horse Lake community near 100 Mile, as part of the ranchettes community-forest project.

An innovative project promoting co-leadership of water resources by the Province and the Nicola First Nations has a goal of sustainable management and improved health of the Nicola watershed.

In an effort to eradicate a growing population of gypsy moths and minimize the risks they pose to forests, farms, orchards and trees, 94 hectares near Courtenay are planned for an aerial spray beginning in early May until June 30, 2018.

The Province is amending Wildlife Act regulations to enforce the closure on the grizzly bear hunt, increase the amount of meat a hunter retrieves from big game species and require hunters to carry all their species licences during a hunting trip.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $268,600 to the District of Kitimat, Ecotrust Canada and the Kitsumkalum Indian Band for three projects, Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice announced today, on behalf of Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.

Under the BC Rural Dividend Program, the Government of British Columbia is providing $603,162 to seven projects in the Thompson Nicola regions, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, announced today.