And Resource Works explores the long-term economic future of British Columbia as a place that depends on the responsible development, extraction and transportation of the province’s resources. [...] As an advocate for responsible natural resource use and for public education, Resource Works hopes to operate with a full picture of the economic impacts of natural resource industries. [...] The effect of natural resources on the economies and government revenues of some members of the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region is readily evident. [...] Though the following report started out intending to ascertain the natural resource industries’ share of state and provincial real GDP values and the proportion of government revenues derived from natural resources, we soon realized that we would be remiss not speaking to the role of government reporting policies in the accessibility of this information. [...] Methodology and challenges The PNWER includes both American and Canadian members, and while there has been some effort across North America to streamline the categorization of industries through the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), the resulting economic analyses are not done in the same way between Canada and the United States, and as a result they are not strictly comparabl