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

Year

Cariboo

Kamloops

Nelson

P. George

P. Rupert

Vancouver

PROVINCE

11

7

6

6

3

6

7

7

5

8

5

6

8

6

2

6

6

6

6

8

5

8

7

7

8

14

7

8

12

9

6

9

10

15

10

10

10

10

12

11

14

11

16

8

17

9

16

17

13

15

12

15

11

6

11

12

12

11

21

14

19

16

15

13

11

22

14

19

18

17

6

13

16

19

15

16

14

11

13

15

16

18

19

16

19

14

21

21

20

12

17

9

17

19

20

25

15

17

19

15

19

18

19

16

18

1. Costs are weighted average on-site operating costs (equipment, transportation and wages) for surveys assessing stand conditions and stand tending opportunities, 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.