Average cost ($/ha) of incremental spacing^a from 91/92 to 97/98, by region

Year

Cariboo

Kamloops

Nelson

P. George

P. Rupert

Vancouver

PROVINCE

332

582

736

613

899

976

618

262

648

591

513

789

998

613

310

593

632

571

882

924

652

409

524

603

519

543

957

630

432

540

606

726

659

1 022

665

439

552

719

398

645

929

606

437

583

671

720

669

1 040

691

1. Costs are weighted average on-site operating costs (equipment, transportation and wages) excluding spacing for mistletoe control and 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.