Ministry of Forests Annual Report 1995/96


Table E-3: Area burned by wildfires in 1995/96, by forest region

Timber

Merchantable
Timber

 

Immature
Timber

 

Other Cover
Timber

 

Totals1

 
 
 
 
 

1995/
96

10-Year
Average

 

1995/
9
6

10-Year
Average

 

1995/
96

10-Year
Average

 

1995/
96

10-Year
Average

 
 

hectares

 
Region
Cariboo

1,195

650

 

298

332

 

1,371

776

 

2,964

1,896

Kamloops

59

1,566

 

72

309

 

259

1,244

 

501

3,299

Nelson

59

662

 

54

336

 

66

624

 

238

1,751

Prince George

9,732

5,521

 

2,831

4,199

 

2,048

5,388

 

14,735

15,292

Prince Rupert

8,733

2,519

 

3,097

515

 

16,401

2,753

 

28,295

5,860

Vancouver

725

798

 

35

455

 

511

913

 

1,347

2,266

Totals1

20,502

11,716

 

6,386

6,145

 

20,656

11,698

 

48,080

30,363


1Figures may not add due to rounding.


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