Data sources and disclaimer
Not a government app. Pickable is not a government app. It is an independent app made by 10ten Studio Inc. and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting for the Government of British Columbia, BC Wildfire Service, the Government of Canada or any government agency. Land status, forest and fire information come from the public government sources below, and those sources are the official word. Pickable’s calls are planning estimates, not a legal determination of access.
Official sources
- Mushroom picking on Crown land (Government of BC)
- Fire bans and area restrictions (BC Wildfire Service)
- BC Wildfire fire perimeters, current season (Open Government Portal)
- Forest inventory (VRI) data (Government of BC)
- BC Parks, ecological reserves and protected areas (BC Data Catalogue)
- ParcelMap BC parcel fabric: private and Crown land (BC Data Catalogue)
- Reserves, conservation lands, roads and place names (BC Data Catalogue)
- Measured rain: Regional Deterministic Precipitation Analysis (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
What comes from where
- Burns (morels): 2026 fire perimeters and status from BC Wildfire Service, via the BC Data Catalogue.
- Forest stands (chanterelles, yellowfoot, pine mushrooms): BC Vegetation Resources Inventory and Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification.
- Access: BC Parks, ecological reserves and protected areas; national parks; Indian reserves; conservation lands; ParcelMap BC private parcels. Live area restrictions and fire status: BC Wildfire Service, checked when you have signal.
- Roads and names: Digital Road Atlas and BC Geographical Names.
- Weather: forecasts and recent rain from Open-Meteo; measured rain for Pro spots from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
- Maps: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap; terrain from AWS Terrain Tiles.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Region data in the app is dated in Settings, and every area page lists its own sources.
Pickable estimates where to look. It is not a legal determination of land status or access. Check closures and land ownership before every trip.