A crucial deadline for select groundwater users is less than 30 days away. March 1, at midnight (Pacific time), is the deadline to apply for…
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Online festival Bringing the Salmon Home begins May 10
You’re invited! Participate online at ColumbiaRiverSalmon.ca For over 80 years salmon have been blocked by dams from returning to the upper Columbia River in the Kootenay region…
Commercial recreation businesses get rent break
The B.C. government is providing an additional $1.87 million to assist more businesses that hold eligible tenures for fishing and hunting lodges, guest ranches, ecotourism…
MFPR changes aimed at increasing domestic production
Changes to the Manufactured Forest Products Regulation (MFPR) around export requirements for sawn-wood products and lumber made from western red cedar or cypress go into…
Help keep B.C. safe for everyone
The BC Wildfire Service urges British Columbians to be safe in the woods and reminds everyone that the return of warm weather means an increasing…
$880k grant for Skookumchuck to use wood fibre
The Forest Enhancement Society of BC has allocated another $2,737,764 in grants for four projects that will support forestry contractors and increase the use of…
Be careful with fire use this weekend
Although some parts of British Columbia have received significant rainfall in recent weeks, this year’s wildfire season is far from over. With warm weather in…
$960k in Rural Dividend project funding locally
The B.C. government has distributed almost $19 million in new grants to support rural communities in the fifth intake of the Rural Dividend, with $960,530…
Wildfire risk reduction grants benefit region
The B.C. government is providing more than $907,000 in community resiliency investment grants to support projects in the Southeast Fire Centre. “Community resiliency investment funding…
Forest inventory program review completed
A blue ribbon panel review of B.C.’s forest inventory program has made recommendations to improve it. These recommendations come in the wake of the pine…