Axing the Forest Service

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Axing the Forest Service

• The impacts of government cutbacks for our
  communities and forests

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Total Number of Job Losses to MOF Since 2002

• 800

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Total Number of Forest Service Jobs Lost at
MSRM

• 141

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To protect and manage our public forests for
the sustained benefit of all British Columbians.

• BC Forest Service Mission Statement
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To Have and To Have Not
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Job Losses to MOF by Community
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Job Losses to MOF by Community
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Job Losses to MOF by Job Category
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Job Losses to MOF by Job Category
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Total Wage Loss by Community
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Total Wage Loss by Community
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Total Wage Loss in BC Urban Vs. Rural
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Wage Losses in BC Urban Vs Rural
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Total Job Losses Victoria Vs. Rural BC
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Total Wages lost to BC communities from cuts

• 52,860,528.00

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Implications of Job Loss to sectors within MOF

• Recreation
• Protection
• Inventory
• Silviculture
• Research
• Range
• Scaling

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Recreation Positions Over Time
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Protection Positions Over Time
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Inventory Positions Over Time
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Silviculture Positions Over Time
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Research Positions Over Time
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Range Personnel Over Time
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Scaling Personnel Over Time
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All Sectors Personnel Over Time
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Staffing in Forest Districts from 2000-2004
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Revenue Generated by Our Forests
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Our staff are not going to be assisting
applicants to develop their range use plans,
whereas the history had been that we worked very
closely with the license holders to prepare the
plans.

• Forest Service employee, Range Section.
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The Ministry of Forests is attempting to make up
for this now by requiring the forest companies to
provide their own digital data to help government
update its inventory information. But many
companies are still providing paper copies, and
those that are providing digital, well, I think
its going into cyberspace because I dont think
they have enough people in place to accept it.
Karen Brown, former inventory staff, Forest
Service, Invermere. 
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The conservationists dont like industry
providing inventory information that will then be
used to determine the rate of cut in our publicly
owned forests . . . You need a neutral,
independent government-driven body to be
responsible for the publics resource. Because
the trees dont belong to the licensees, they
belong to the Crown. Davide Cuzner, former
inventory staff, Forest Service, Prince Rupert.