Average cost ($/ha) of basic surveys^a from 81/82 to 97/98, by region

Year

Cariboo

Kamloops

Nelson

P. George

P. Rupert

Vancouver

PROVINCE

7

10

12

8

7

8

8

6

6

11

6

8

9

8

4

5

7

6

6

9

6

5

6

6

8

10

8

8

6

6

5

8

8

11

7

7

7

8

10

8

12

9

12

8

9

10

12

9

10

14

10

15

11

14

14

13

11

10

16

12

9

14

12

12

12

17

14

14

14

14

14

12

20

16

17

19

16

14

13

22

16

17

16

15

14

13

22

18

17

14

16

16

16

22

17

20

15

17

16

16

21

17

16

11

16

1. Surveys for assessing site treatment, plantation survival, stocking and free growing. Average cost based on on-site operating cost (equipment, transportation and wages). Does not include overhead cost (initial field inspection, planning and prescription, site delineation, general supervision of project and final inspection to check quality). Excludes reconnaissance and drainage surveys. Costs are as reported in Ministry of Forests information systems.
2. Not reported.

Data source: MoF annual reports.