Bar Chart of Forest Management Expenditures in Canada, 1977 to 1992

This bar chart tracks the changes in spending in forest management from 1977 to 1992. The vertical axis lists the spending in millions of dollars from 0 to 3000 (that is, 3 billion), and the horizontal gives the year from 1977 to 1992. For each year there are four bars representing types of spending: silviculture, protection, resource access, and other. Overall, total spending on forest management has gone up substantially. In 1977, it totalled about $700 million, of which silviculture made up $120 million, protection was also about $120 million, resource access was $240 million, and other was $220 million. All four components increased over the years to 1991 when the values were as follows: total, $2.6 billion; silviculture, $800 million; protection, $450 million; resource access, $550 million; and other, $800 million. There was the first decline in the 1977-1992 period in 1992, when the data were as follows: total, $2.4 billion; silviculture, $700 million; protection, $400 million; resource access, $400 million; and other, $900 million.