It is estimated that harvesting and processing the current allowable annual cut from the 100 Mile House Timber Supply Area creates a total of 2,474 person-years of employment in the province. Approximately 45 per cent of this employment is created in the timber supply area.
In addition, approximately $32.5 million in provincial government revenues are generated annually by harvesting and processing timber from the 100 Mile House Timber Supply Area. This figure is based on the average total fees for harvesting public timber in the area ($14.64 per cubic metre based on 1993 information), plus estimated personal income taxes and other tax revenues. These estimates do not include the increased stumpage revenues being generated to fund the Forest Renewal Plan. While on a provincial basis stumpage revenues are expected to increase by as much as 80 per cent, it will not be possible to accurately estimate the impact of this change until the new policy has been in place for a period of time.
