Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ve cited a number of times under forest management that the department should take the initiative and start creating some type of revolving fund, knowing that quite often we go over budget in this area and we keep coming back to the Assembly and topping that up. I realize we’re paying what one could describe as actuals, but I’d certainly like to see the department investigate a process or that we start funding forest management properly so they don’t have to keep coming back each year.
I say that with the proviso that it’s reasonable to understand that some years are worse than others. I’m sure they’d be able to find a balance there so the Assembly doesn’t have to put money continually under the supplementary appropriation process for this. This should be an expense they should be able to estimate over a number of years and then use the appropriation process for, I should sadly call it, bad years.