Silviculture -- Expenditures -- Site Preparation

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

Year	Cariboo	Kamloops	Nelson	P. George	P. Rupert	Vancouver	PROVINCE

81/82	127	149	126	154	86	72	136
82/83	130	203	71	142	118	124	134
83/84	158	251	132	166	163	98	164
84/85	139	248	168	145	136	140	157
85/86	153	202	195	130	140	183	150
86/87	188	230	239	209	183	343	221
87/88	105	140	289	285	136	659	225
88/89	251	191	326	265	194	400	244
89/90	298	288	296	230	228	549	261
90/91	312	258	425	377	389	570	345
91/92	471	414	513	346	507	554	413
92/93	358	443	464	368	497	569	411
93/94	329	437	528	419	559	625	436
94/95	326	549	465	625	578	532	511
95/96	285	631	618	529	410	557	503
96/97	353	634	673	452	396	842	497
97/98	397	646	568	490	597	911	525

Costs are weighted average on-site operating costs (equipment, transportation and wages) excluding overhead costs (initial field inspection, planning and prescription, site delineation, general supervision of project and final inspection to check quality) as reported in Ministry of Forests information systems. Data source: MoF annual reports.

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