Whereas the provincial government receives stumpage fees from all forest companies within the Province and the provincial government keeps all the stumpage fees received and local governments do not directly receive any of these fees; And whereas in northeast British Columbia, local governments directly receive fees from the Natural Gas industry: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request the provincial government to establish a mechanism to share a portion of all stumpage fees collected or add on a collection of an additional increase to stumpage fees from the forest companies to the local governments within the said region of the tree farm licences.
Ministry of Forests The Ministry of Forests continues to explore ways to support local governments and expand opportunities for communities to benefit from the forest sector. Stumpage is the fee collected by the government when it sells trees to a licensee. The fees go to general revenue where it is used to fund critical programs like healthcare and education. Overall, stumpage supports the services all British Columbians depend on, and contributes to communities across the province.