Effective immediately, the new allowable annual cut for Tree Farm Licence 6 will be 1,160,000 cubic metres, chief forester Jim Snetsinger announced.

The allowable annual cut for Tree Farm Licence 41 increases slightly by four per cent to 128,000 cubic metres effective immediately, chief forester Jim Snetsinger announced.

Private investors are being offered a chance to create forestry jobs, fight global warming and reduce their carbon footprint under an innovative silviculture partnership sponsored by the B.C. government, Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced.

B.C.'s chief forester has set the allowable annual cut for the Sunshine Coast timber supply area at 1,197,949 cubic metres, unchanged from the previous level.

To accelerate economic development and job growth in British Columbia, the Province focused this year on improving the permitting process in the natural resource sector.

- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson appointed Ralph Archibald of Victoria and Dr. William McGill of Prince George to the Forest Practices Board.

The Province has designated 753 hectares near Pemberton as a wildlife management area, announced Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson.

The Province has established a wildlife harvest allocation policy that creates greater consistency and transparency for B.C.'s guide outfitters and resident hunters, announced Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson.

A new woodlot licence available near Gold River will increase forestry opportunities for small operators. The woodlot includes 740 hectares of Crown land near Hisnit Inlet, approximately 30 kilometres west of Gold River, and has a proposed allowable annual cut of 3,000 cubic metres.