B.C.'s wildfire history is being preserved and an improved local recreation opportunity is being provided through restoration of the McBride Peak fire lookout.

The ministry's South Island Natural Resource District and the Pacific Rim Forest Professional Network are inviting the public to celebrate National Forest Week.

In an effort to enhance economic opportunities and forest stewardship, the Village of Fraser Lake is being invited to apply for a community forest licence.

A new partnership is assisting community forests and small woodlot licence holders in the Kaslo area to identify new business opportunities.

To increase harvesting activity on the coast, government is exploring the use of new scanner technology for scaling logs, accelerating the auction of an additional 500,000 cubic metres by BC Timber Sales, improving the log-export system and exploring ways to better harvest the timber profile.

The B.C. government welcomed the news that Hampton Affiliates Ltd. is committed to rebuilding its Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake.

The B.C. government, in partnership with the District of Mission, has completed surface improvements to Florence Lake Road in support of growing recreational tourism in the Mission Interpretive Forest.

The B.C. government is introducing a single cutting permit procedure to make it easier for local governments, First Nations and other non-commercial organizations throughout the province to harvest timber from community forests.