Average cost ($/ha) of chemical brushinga from 81/82 to 97/98, by region

Year

Cariboo

Kamloops

Nelson

P. George

P. Rupert

Vancouver

PROVINCE

81/82        

265

173

191

82/83        

230

193

194

83/84    

1 393

441

445

373

379

84/85  

93

638

597

486

338

367

85/86    

1 095

203

208

375

299

86/87

683

401

626

255

296

384

350

87/88

213

445

508

208

263

400

296

88/89

274

378

417

217

391

399

338

89/90

250

381

591

210

284

481

289

90/91

208

369

349

184

278

455

249

91/92

197

549

354

190

288

392

250

92/93

214

367

662

221

173

358

252

93/94

354

452

643

266

194

453

317

94/95

234

364

483

368

257

442

368

95/96

304

330

803

293

279

533

352

96/97

319

540

603

341

 

547

393

97/98

269

799

601

414

 

467

417

  1. Costs are weighted average on-site operating costs (equipment, transportation and wages), including the cost of herbicides, but 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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