scholarly journals Stratification of forest land for timber management planning on the western national forests / J.H. Wikstrom and S. Blair Hutchison.

1971 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Wikstrom ◽  
S. Blair Hutchison ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Forests ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Timber Management ◽  
Management Planning

scholarly journals A brief history of wood use and forest management in Alaska

1996 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tricia L. Wurtz ◽  
Anthony F. Gasbarro
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
National Interest ◽  
National Forests ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gold Miners ◽  
Commercial Forest

The Native peoples of Alaska used wood for fuel, for the construction of shelters, and for a variety of implements. Explorers, fur traders, gold miners, and settlers also relied on Alaska's forest resource. The early 20th century saw the creation of the Tongass and Chugach National Forests in coastal Alaska, where large-scale harvesting began shortly after World War II. By 1955, two 50-year contracts had been signed, committing 13 billion board feet of sawlogs and pulpwood. The commercial forest land base in Alaska has been dramatically reduced by a variety of legislative acts, including the Statehood Act of 1959 and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980. Key words: forest history, Alaska, aboriginal use of forests, fuelwood, stemwheeled riverboats, gold mining, land classification, National Forests, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

A soft optimization approach to forest land management planning

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 545-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Bruce Bare ◽  
Guillermo A. Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Multiple Objective Linear Programming ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Decision Environment ◽  
Land Management Planning ◽  
Planning Problems

Forest land management planning provides a rich environment for the use of optimization techniques that incorporate multiple criteria and operate within a soft optimization decision environment. Using de novo programming, several approaches for examining planning problems are described where the objective is not simply to optimize a given system, but to design an optimal system. Both single and multiple objective linear programming models are used to illustrate this new approach and several illustrative examples are discussed.

Role of Foresters in the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Planning Process

1977 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
George E. Dissmeyer ◽  
J. Robert Singer
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Control Technology ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Treatment Management ◽  
To Receive

Abstract The Areawide Waste Treatment Management Planning Process (Section 208, PL 92-500) is expected to affect forest land management, including silvicultural practices, costs, and policy. Foresters need to understand and become involved in the 208 planning process, to receive training in available pollution control technology, and to press for research in cost-effective methods for minimizing water quality impacts and in methods to predict impacts of proposed management.

scholarly journals Comparison of the Timber Management Expenses of Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowners in Mississippi, United States: Results from 1995–1997 and 2015

Environments ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Sagar Godar Chhetri ◽  
Jason Gordon ◽  
Ian Munn ◽  
James Henderson
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Timber Management ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Nipf Landowners

Forest landowner activities change over the lifespan of the forest and ownership cycle. Patterns of change emerge which suggest the evolving nature of forest landownership and Non-industrial Private Forest (NIPF) landowners’ interest in their land. The objective of this study was to examine trends in NIPF landowners’ distribution of forestry expenses in their management activities over time. First, 2010 Mississippi NIPF landowners were randomly selected from a property tax roll list. Our analysis compared study results of Arano et al. (2002) with a 2016 survey that was conducted by the authors of this paper. Both studies drew on assessments of timber management expenditures that were conducted on behalf of a state government department of revenue to determine ad valorem taxes for forest land. As such, both studies contained similar survey questions with 12 forestry-related activities grouped into four major categories: (1) Fees for Professional Services (e.g., consulting foresters, surveyors), (2) Timber Management Expenditures (e.g., site preparation, planting), (3) Other Management Expenditures (e.g., road construction), and (4) Property Taxes. Like the 2002 article, results here are presented as descriptive statistics. In both survey cycles, Timber Management Expenditures represented the largest component of annual expenditures in both the 1990s and 2015. The largest decrease in reported expenditures occurred for Other Management Expenditures. By broadly describing differences in expenditures over time, this study provides insights into the involvement of NIPF landowners in management activities on forest land such as reforestation after final harvest, thinning, and timber stand improvement, which can impact forest products’ supply over time.

scholarly journals A Decision Context for Timber Supply Modelling

1986 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 533-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Management Plan ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Timber Management ◽  
Initial Attempt ◽  
Timber Supply ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Decision Context ◽  
Decision Environment ◽  
Decision Structure

Projection of timber supply is an important component of most timber management planning systems. One of the factors limiting the improvement of such systems is the difficulty involved in clearly understanding the context of timber supply projection within management of the forest as a whole. A simple decision structure is employed in this paper to illustrate this context. Management of the timber resource is described as a subproblem of managing the forest. A timber management plan is shown to be comprised of the answers to two intricately linked questions: (1) how much to harvest over time and (2) how to schedule a sequence of activities to support the desired rate of harvest. Each of these decision processes is described briefly and the role of timber supply modelling in providing answers is examined. Although the information presented in the paper is general, it represents an initial attempt at ordering perceptions of the timber management decision environment into a more understandable form. Key words: timber management planning, timber supply modelling.

Combining carbon sequestration objectives with timber management planning

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan-Rui Meng ◽  
Charles P.-A. Bourque ◽  
Steven P. Oldford ◽  
D. Edwin Swift ◽  
Helen C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Timber Management ◽  
Management Planning

scholarly journals An economic analysis of landowner propensity for woodlot management and harvesting in northwestern Saskatchewan

1995 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona J. Salkie ◽  
Martin K. Luckert ◽  
William E. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Logit Analysis ◽  
Forest Economics ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Timber Management ◽  
Contract Term ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Processing ◽  
Young Growth

The recent development of new processing facilities in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan has created a long-term market for timber in the region. Although these processing facilities are currently supplied by crown timber reserves, increasing pressure on public forest resources from multiple users has caused processors to consider private woodlots as a supplemental source of fibre. A survey was undertaken to investigate conditions under which landowners may respond to the emerging demand by managing their timber resources for harvest and sale.Survey results indicate that, although virtually no management or harvesting has occurred in the past, approximately half of those interviewed would consider timber management and harvesting in the future. Logit analysis identified landowner characteristics that were related to landowners' willingness to consider forest management and harvest in the future and the likelihood that they would consider a timber contract. Significant characteristics of landowners in influencing the propensity to manage and harvest their woodlots included: the diversity of farm operations, the length of family tenure of the land, the number of ways respondents use their forest land, and area of forest owned. A preferred timber contract was identified as having: a duration of 1 to 5 years, young growth established at the end of the contract term, and payments for harvesting and management services made through a crop share arrangement. Key words: private forestry, forest economics, timber contracts, landowner characteristics, woodlot management

Timber Management for Nonindustrial Forest Owners: A Matter of Perspective?

1977 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 2-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Porterfield ◽  
James E. Moak
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Multiple Goals ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Timber Management ◽  
Forest Landowners ◽  
Incentive Programs ◽  
Nonindustrial Private Forest ◽  
Small Forest

Abstract While federal and state incentive programs may be helpful in increasing future timber supplies, desired increases can be achieved only if forest management practices are made routine on small forest land ownerships and if greater consideration is given to the multiple goals of the nonindustrial private forest landowners. Research aimed at determining the physical tradeoffs between forest uses is needed so that intensive management practices can be tailored to landowner goals. Until such tradeoff information is available, unevenaged forest management is probably the most acceptable and compatible interim recommendation.

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