It seems that forestry employment numbers bottomed out last year in British Columbia and may now be making a rebound.
Here are some forestry job stats from British Columbia:
2005 – 79,700
2006 – 81,617
2007 – 84,275
2008 – 64,917
2009 – 51,958
2010 (Jan to May) – 55,200
Source:
B.C.'s forest sector (Globe and Mail)