The BC Wildfire Service is continuing to support BC Parks and the Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program in an ecosystem restoration burn, covering approximately…
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Ecosystem restoration burn planned for Premier Lake area
The BC Wildfire Service is continuing to support BC Parks and the Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program in an ecosystem restoration burn, covering up…
Restoration burn planned for Premier Lake area
The BC Wildfire Service will be supporting BC Parks in conducting a 131-hectare ecosystem restoration burn over two units in the Quartz Lake area of…
All provincial parks closing in response to pandemic
BC Parks is immediately closing all provincial parks in response to the widespread call for increased action to address COVID-19. The closure responds to both…
BC Parks expecting busy long weekend
People enjoying provincial parks and campgrounds over the Victoria Day long weekend (May 17-20) are encouraged to be safe, have fun and allow everyone to…
Ecosystem restoration burns planned for Premier Lake area
The Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program, in conjunction with the BC Wildfire Service, BC Parks and the Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Resources Society, plans…
Learn to Fish, Rod Loan Programs available
The Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC is inviting families to expand their outdoor adventure horizons with free family fishing activities in the East Kootenay. Held…
Dec. 31 deadline for wildfire-related Parks refunds
If you had a BC Parks Discover Camping reservation last summer and could not use it due to wildfire, your opportunity to get refunded closes…
Partial closures of two local provincial parks
Effective immediately, areas beyond 50 metres of developed portions of Kikomun Creek Provincial Park and Premier Lake Provincial Park (pictured above) are closed to the…
Evacuation alert lifted as Island Pond fire contained
Effective 11:30 a.m. today, Monday August 14, the Island Pond Fire Evacuation Alert for 51 properties between Island Pond and the north end Premier Lake (including…