Harvesting -- Harvest Type

Area (ha) harvested by harvest type from 81/82 to 97/98, by region

Year	Type of harvest	Cariboo	Kamloops	Nelson	P. George	P. Rupert	Vancouver	TOTALS	Yearly Total

81/82	Clearcut^a	16 014	14 041	8 826	47 954	17 635	20 678	125 148
	Selective cut^b	7 964	5 853	6 913	168	1 496	347	22 741	147 889
82/83	Clearcut	18 274	15 904	11 678	43 486	20 190	24 898	134 430
	Selective cut	11 685	6 038	8 386	162	836	635	27 742	162 172
83/84	Clearcut	20 967	22 599	15 497	64 952	24 973	34 682	183 670
	Selective cut	6 968	8 823	7 351	179	524	737	24 582	208 252
84/85	Clearcut	24 761	24 785	16 835	56 803	28 531	35 308	187 023
	Selective cut	11 092	7 804	8 285	117	923	1 173	29 394	216 417
85/86	Clearcut	32 140	28 029	18 033	59 770	22 012	44 520	204 504
	Selective cut	9 895	8 329	6 747	34	252	1 969	27 226	231 730
86/87	Clearcut	39 196	23 857	20 697	60 612	31 123	39 045	214 530
	Selective cut	9 900	7 881	5 899	139	277	1 251	25 347	239 877
87/88	Clearcut	51 340	32 808	23 365	66 625	11 586	46 978	232 702
	Selective cut	7 499	9 132	8 431	30	635	1 553	27 280	259 982
88/89	Clearcut	49 389	30 496	25 632	65 718	33 338	42 303	246 876
	Selective cut	5 858	7 219	8 371	17	100	1 960	23 525	270 401
89/90	Clearcut	45 792	16 708	9 842	65 015	32 229	29 661	199 247
	Selective cut	5 676	5 384	6 057	212	1 380	428	19 137	218 384
90/91	Clearcut	34 543	24 036	16 191	41 199	21 777	28 799	166 545
	Selective cut	2 037	3 651	7 767	858	1	672	14 986	181 531
91/92	Clearcut	34 838	20 105	14 118	51 464	18 937	34 803	174 265
	Selective cut	4 479	6 030	6 846	1 215	49	105	18 724	192 989
92/93	Clearcut	34 232	21 920	15 896	58 950	20 503	39 123	190 624
	Selective cut	10 618	7 511	10 751	773	340	982	30 975	221 599
93/94	Clearcut	32 238	21 825	23 902	45 682	21 548	32 734	177 929
	Selective cut	5 717	9 286	11 612	1 238	469	1 497	29 819	207 748
94/95	Clearcut	29 506	20 919	14 824	47 811	21 870	32 634	167 564
	Selective cut	4 138	5 784	9 810	1 242	533	1 173	22 680	190 244
95/96^c	Clearcut	34 046	22 410	14 470	42 543	20 148	33 400	167 017
	Selective cut	2 301	5 820	8 416	665	81	5 308	22 591	189 608
96/97^c	Clearcut	42 379	21 110	16 708	47 564	21 889	29 148	178 796
	Selective cut	1 644	8 884	6 511	1 215	596	1 381	20 233	199 029
97/98	Clearcut	34 199	18 837	13 644	48 288	14 111	28 265	157 344
	Selective cut	2 932	4 720	5 769	1 038	728	1 270	16 457	173 801

“Clearcutting” means the sum of “conventional clearcutting,” “clearcutting with green tree retention patches” and “clearcut with reserves” harvesting methods. “Selective cut” means the sum of “seed tree,” “shelterwood,” “selection,” “patch cutting” and “coppice silviculture systems” plus “commercial thinning,” “intermediate cutting” and “diameter limit” and “salvage” harvesting operations. Numbers have been updated and revised from published annual reports. Data source: MoF annual reports.

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