As part of its rural development mandate, the Government of British Columbia is providing a total of $139,900 to 14 community organizations and First Nations in the Cariboo Region, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson announced today.

As part of its rural development mandate, the Government of British Columbia is providing a total of $20,000 for projects in Vanderhoof and Fraser Lake, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson announced today.

The Province’s Forest Inventory Program will be reviewed to ensure it accurately reflects the changed nature of British Columbia’s forests over the last few years, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson announced today.

Members of the public are being asked to carefully consider the benefits and risks before starting a winter feeding program for wild ungulates. Ungulates are hoofed mammals and include elk, moose, deer and sheep.

Government is proclaiming Feb. 19 to 25 as Heritage Week in B.C. to give British Columbians the opportunity to discover the past, and to acknowledge, explore and enjoy the province’s diverse and interwoven cultures.

A community information meeting and open house about increased Douglas fir bark beetle populations in the Prince George area will be held on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development is currently conducting helicopter-logging operations in the Williams Lake area to minimize the spread of Douglas fir beetles on Crown land.

Effective immediately, the new allowable annual cut for the Arrowsmith Timber Supply Area (TSA) is 348,000 cubic metres, chief forester Diane Nicholls announced today.

Fish biologists will be busy catching and releasing burbot on Moyie Lake during the last two weeks of February for hatchery egg collection.

Effective Feb. 1, 2018, daily quotas for rainbow and bull trout harvest on the main body of Kootenay Lake will be increased to support long-term kokanee conservation efforts and recovery of the Kootenay Lake fishery.