News Items tag as: B.C. Conservation Service

$20,000 in fines for Similkameen coal mine waste spill
September 22, 2017 - 11:31 AM

Fines have been handed out four years after a coal mine in the Similkameen spilled mine waste that made its way into a local river.
Conservation officers near Elephant Hill wildfire rescue bear with head in plastic bucket
August 16, 2017 - 10:34 AM

KAMLOOPS - Members of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service have been busy this summer assisting and supporting law enforcement operations in the fight against the wildfires raging across the B.C. Interior, but sometimes there are lighter moments.
Sicamous community 'relieved' after trio of grizzly bears relocated
July 24, 2017 - 4:53 PM

SICAMOUS - The Conservation Officer Service hopes a group of three female grizzly bears will thrive in their new home after being translocated from Sicamous.
Two young bears trapped and put down in Juniper Ridge
June 14, 2017 - 10:30 AM

KAMLOOPS – Two young bears known to frequent the Juniper Ridge neighbourhood lost their natural fear of humans and officers with the B.C. Conservation Service were forced to put them down.
B.C. hunting licences go digital
April 01, 2017 - 9:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – As of yesterday, hunting licences in the province are going paperless and there's also a slight change to resident hunter numbers.
Conservation officer frustrated by number of people ignoring rules in North Okanagan
March 22, 2017 - 9:00 PM

VERNON - The lack of compliance with hunting, fishing and other wildlife-related rules in the North Okanagan is “disturbing,” according to one conservation officer.
Mud boggers getting spattered with fines in the North Okanagan
February 09, 2017 - 9:00 PM

OKANAGAN - The Conservation Service means business when it comes to illegal mud bogging.
Firearms seized after moose illegally shot in Salmon Arm
January 20, 2017 - 11:35 AM

SALMON ARM - Conservation officers are investigating after a moose was illegally shot in Salmon Arm.
Hunter fined for leaving behind edible meat from bighorn rams near Kamloops
January 11, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - A woman who hunted and killed three bighorn rams in the Kamloops area has been fined for not taking home all the meat from one of the kills.
Local conservation officers save fawn near McArthur Park
January 11, 2017 - 1:10 PM

KAMLOOPS - A fawn was lucky enough last week to be spotted then saved by B.C. Conservation Officers who rescued it from the Thompson River off the shore of Rabbit Island.
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News Items tag as: B.C. Conservation Service

$20,000 in fines for Similkameen coal mine waste spill

Conservation officers near Elephant Hill wildfire rescue bear with head in plastic bucket

Sicamous community 'relieved' after trio of grizzly bears relocated

Two young bears trapped and put down in Juniper Ridge

B.C. hunting licences go digital

Conservation officer frustrated by number of people ignoring rules in North Okanagan

Mud boggers getting spattered with fines in the North Okanagan

Firearms seized after moose illegally shot in Salmon Arm

Hunter fined for leaving behind edible meat from bighorn rams near Kamloops

Local conservation officers save fawn near McArthur Park

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