Resource Summary

Core Business Areas 2006/07
Restated
Estimates1		 2007/08
Estimates		 2008/09
Plan		 2009/10
Plan
Operating Expenses ($000)
Protection Against Fire and Pests 122,961 124,502 126,118 127,413
Forest Stewardship 99,615 70,298 104,341 104,952
Compliance and Enforcement 27,892 28,478 28,955 29,386
Forest Investment 121,528 121,698 121,800 121,891
Range Stewardship and Grazing 6,845 6,830 6,907 6,979
Pricing and Selling Timber 142,607 140,482 143,396 144,618
Executive and Support Services 53,107 53,592 54,555 55,426
BC Timber Sales 169,100 184,200 196,400 215,300
Total 743,655 730,080 782,472 805,965
Full-time Equivalents (Direct FTEs)
Protection Against Fire and Pests 718 810 805 805
Forest Stewardship 414 401 391 391
Compliance and Enforcement 292 292 292 292
Forest Investment 62 62 62 62
Range Stewardship and Grazing 49 65 63 63
Pricing and Selling Timber 831 836 850 850
Executive and Support Services 583 583 572 572
BC Timber Sales 610 649 660 670
Total 3,559 3,698 3,695 3,705
Ministry Capital Expenditures (Consolidated Revenue Fund) ($000)
Protection Against Fire and Pests 2,478 5,897 5,897 5,897
Forest Stewardship 3,782 3,369 2,882 2,882
Compliance and Enforcement 1,548 1,548 1,548 1,548
Forest Investment 0 0 0 0
Range Stewardship and Grazing 6 7 7 7
Pricing and Selling Timber 4,476 4,179 3,864 3,864
Executive and Support Services 6,561 5,671 5,672 5,672
BC Timber Sales 801 801 801 801
Total 19,652 21,472 20,671 20,671
Other Financing Transactions ($000)
BC Timber Sales
   Disbursements		 56,800 50,200 39,000 20,100
1  Amounts have been restated, for comparative purposes only, to be consistent with Schedule A of the 2007/08 Estimates.

Explanations and Comments

Ministry of Forests and Range estimates for 2007/08 are $730.08 million. Funding for the Ministry is provided in the Ministry Operations Vote and the Direct Fire Vote of the legislature and three special accounts (BC Timber Sales, the Forest Stand Management Fund and the South Moresby Forest Replacement Account). The South Moresby Forest Replacement Account expenditures are under the oversight of a joint federal-provincial management committee. Forest Investment expenditures are overseen by a Forest Investment Council.

Ministry Goal Core Business Areas Funding Source
(Vote or Special Account)
Sustainable Forest and Range Resources. • Protection Against Fire and Pests • Direct Fire Vote
• Ministry Operations Vote
• Forest Stewardship • Ministry Operations Vote
• Forest Stand Management Fund (special account)
• South Moresby Forest Replacement Account (special account)
• Compliance and Enforcement • Ministry Operations Vote
• Forest Investment
Sustainable Socio-Economic Benefits From Forest and Range Resources. • Range Stewardship and Grazing • Ministry Operations Vote
• Pricing and Selling Timber
• BC Timber Sales • BC Timber Sales (special account)
Highly Effective Innovative and Responsive Organization. • Executive and Support Services • Ministry Operations Vote

The Mountain Pine Beetle Action Plan is supported by:

  • Provincial funding that began in 2004/05 and will continue to address the increased tenure administration associated with an increased allowable annual cut and the salvage of the timber.
  • Federal funding from the Mountain Pine Beetle Emergency Response: Canada-B.C. Implementation Strategy of $100 million for 2005/06 to 2007/08.

Provincial and federal funding is part of the Protection against Fire and Pests, Forest Stewardship, Range Stewardship and Grazing, Pricing and Selling Timber and Executive and Support Services core businesses.

Funding for the Forests for Tomorrow initiative to address reforestation of areas impacted by wildfire and mountain pine beetle, began in 2004/05 and increases annually until 2008/09. It is included in the Forest Stewardship core business.

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