Meadow Creek Cedar’s forest licence suspended

NELSON – The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has suspended Meadow Creek Cedar’s forest licence and fined the Kootenay-based company $42,000 for failing to meet its legal obligations to reforest logged areas.

B.C. government permitting services to promote local jobs

100 MILE HOUSE – At the official opening of a brand-new FrontCounter BC office in 100 Mile House, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson also announced the expansion of the service’s dedicated call centre.

FrontCounter BC comes to Chilliwack

CHILLIWACK – Residents in the Fraser Valley will now find it even easier to access government services with the official opening of a brand-new FrontCounter BC office in Chilliwack.

Slight increase to cut for Tree Farm Licence 41

VICTORIA – 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.

Biologists fishing for Burbot Recovery Plan

CRANBROOK – Local residents may see biologists ice fishing on Moyie Lake, beginning in mid-February to help recover burbot populations.

Province seeks pine-beetle reforestation partners

VICTORIA – Private investors are being offered a chance to create forestry jobs, fight global warming and reduce their carbon footprint under an innovative silviculture partnership.