BC Parks is accepting applications for its innovative youth leadership program Get Outside BC. Piloted in 2011, Get Outside BC was the first of its kind in Canada. Forty youth aged 14-18 from across the province will be selected to participate in this year's summer program.

The provincial government is reaffirming its commitment to being the first carbon-neutral government in North America through a new $5-million capital program that's available to school districts for energy-efficiency projects that will lower their carbon emissions, Environment Minister Terry Lake announced.

The most-recent report on Crown contaminated sites shows the Province continues to demonstrate its commitment to environmental stewardship through ongoing remediation.

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is planning a prescribed burn in the Gilpin Creek and Morrissey Creek areas later this month. An information session about the project will be held on April 12.

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson is reminding the public to exercise caution when conducting outdoor burns this spring.

Guide outfitters will get a much-needed break on paperwork starting April 1, when amendments to the Wildlife Act come into force that will triple the amount of time available to provide a hunting report to government.

A world-class rock-climbing destination and provincial park soon will be bigger, thanks to a land transfer to BC Parks from the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and TLC, The Land Conservancy of British Columbia, Environment Minister Terry Lake announced.