Timber burned (’000 m³) by wildfires^a from 81/82 to 97/98, by region

Year

Cariboo

Kamloops

Nelson

P. George

P. Rupert

Vancouver

TOTALS

81/82^b

22

91

113

3 591

1 045

188

5 051

82/83^b

545

23

48

4 853

19 635

407

25 511

83/84^b

314

42

28

1 754

3 229

24

5 391

84/85^b

20

780

140

1 267

73

191

2 471

85/86^b

368

401

9 320

5 464

94

2 325

17 972

86/87^c

98

166

229

551

126

296

1 466

87/88^c

806

283

213

2 170

106

277

3 854

88/89^c

89

69

139

81

106

80

565

89/90^c

22

75

159

633

890

61

1 840

90/91^d

153

39

25

2 638

381

1 789

5 025

91/92^d

13

18

63

793

381

42

1 310

92/93^b,e

92

185

78

1 460

797

119

2 731

93/94^e

21

30

31

895

12

20

1 009

94/95^e

24

1 968

874

265

10

96

3 237

95/96^e

181

22

18

2 332

551

291

3 395

96/97

37

6

17

128

138

326

97/98

4

0

7

16

3

4

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1. Volume of merchantable and immature timber. Timber is salvaged wherever practical.
2. Estimates of immature timber are based on species and generalized age and site information; complete mortality is assumed.
3. The forest cover loss report by region before salvage. Estimates of immature timber are based on species and generalized information on age and site; complete mortality is assumed.
4. Same as “c” except forest cover loss by region before salvage.
5. Forest cover loss report by forest region before salvage.

Data source: MoF annual reports.