The Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2018, was introduced in the legislature today, Apr. 23, 2018, by Attorney General David Eby.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development plans to conduct a series of ecosystem restoration burns southwest of Williams Lake between April 23 and May 15, 2018, weather conditions permitting.

The Cariboo Fire Centre is encouraging the public to exercise caution with any outdoor burning activities, due to predicted windy conditions in the region that could bring gusts up to 40 kilometres per hour to some areas on Saturday.

The Government of British Columbia is asking for public input on a $27-million provincial caribou recovery program, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development announced today.

The public is invited to participate in the annual juvenile white sturgeon release on Thursday, April 26, 2018, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., at the Old Ferry Landing, near Creston.

The BC Wildfire Service is planning to burn about 50 piles of wood debris in an area near the Arawana Forest Service Road, about five kilometres east of Naramata.

Members of the public are invited to provide comment on the proposed new Tsaa Nuna conservancy, until May 25, 2018.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development plans to conduct a 500-hectare prescribed burn in the Crows Bar area between April 16 and April 30, 2018, weather and site conditions permitting.

In anticipation of the upcoming spring freshet, dam owners throughout the province are being urged to safeguard their water supplies and ensure that their dams operate safely during this period of high flows.

The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation has been granted $2 million to aid in caribou habitat restoration, Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson announced during his address at the B.C. Wildlife Federation’s annual conference.