Average cost ($/ha)^a of silviculture treatments on Crown land in 97/98, by region

$16

$16

$21

$17

$16

$11

$16

397

646

568

490

597

911

525

313

338

527

497

391

554

419

366

248

287

468

359

269

351

227

311

799

601

857

633

735

615

499

522

630

526

659

562

241

474

601

629

570

558

531

592

588

588

519

606

769

523

585

682

551

19

15

19

18

19

16

18

437

583

671

720

669

1 040

691

315

296

324

116

170

286

946

935

787

952

859

1 145

1 012

1. Average hectare cost was based on data collected for all treatments for which cost information was provided, as at March 31, 1998, taken from ministry information systems on January 27, 1999. Includes site operating costs for equipment, transportation, and wages for crew and crew boss.
2. Includes surveys for assesssing site treatment, plantation survival, stocking, pre-harvest silviculture prescription and free-growing status. Excludes reconnaissance and drainage surveys.
3. Excludes cost of seedlings.
4. Includes sheep and cattle grazing.
5. Includes cost of herbicides.
6. May include manual cutting, manual girdling, stem bending and mulching.
7. May include power saw, brush saw or hand-held motorized cutting equipment.
8. Spacing required for stands to reach free-growing status.
9. Surveys to plan for fertilizing, pruning and spacing activities
10. Excludes spacing for mistletoe control.
11. Includes cost of fertilizer.
12. Includes first and second lift pruning costs.

Data source: MoF 1997/98 Annual Report.