An estimated 160 person-years of direct employment are created outside the timber supply area by the harvesting of coniferous timber and silviculture activities and by the processing of timber supply area wood and chips in other timber supply areas.
Harvesting and processing the coniferous allowable annual cut of 900,000 cubic metres in the Fort St. John Timber Supply Area is estimated to generate 1,485 person-years of total employment in the province, 46 per cent of which is created within the timber supply area. (SEA page 29)
Approximately $21.99 million in provincial government revenues are generated annually by coniferous timber harvesting in the Fort St. John Timber Supply Area. This figure is based on the average total fees for harvesting public timber in the area plus estimated personal income taxes and other tax revenues. These estimates include the increased stumpage revenues being generated to fund Forest Renewal BC. (SEA page 38)
