Forest Management and Planning

The authors have developed this book based on their personal experience in teaching forest management courses and the review of ten forestry programs (Auburn University, University of Georgia, Iowa State University, Louisiana State University, Northern Arizona University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Florida, Virginia Tech, and Oregon State University). The integration of extended case studies of a variety of scenarios as well as the inclusion of a section on report writing will engage students. Acknowledgement and integration of various software packages for forest management provide the most useful tools for those studying forest management and distinguish this book from the competition.

* Real-life examples illustrated mathematically and graphically

* End-of-chapter questions

* Modern coverage of the planning and management of US Forest timber production

* Instructors Web site with access to geographic databases, solutions and illustrations

* Case study analysis

* Expansive applications drawn for examples in the western US, the Lake States, the northeastern US, the southern US and Canada

* Detailed descriptions of models and solution methods for integrating a variety of wildlife habitat constraints

Introduction

Management of Forests

Part I

Valuation of Forest Conditions

Geographic Information

Estimation and Projection of Stand and Forest Conditions

Part II

Optimization of Stand-level Objectives

Graphical Solution Techniques for Two-variable Linear Problems

Linear Programming

Advanced Forest Planning Techniques

Part III

Forest and Natural Resource Sustainability

Models of Desired Forest Structure

Control Techniques for Commodity Production and Wildlife Objectives

Spatial Restrictions in Forest Management Planning

Part IV

The Forestry Supply Chain

Hierarchical System for Planning and Scheduling of Industrial Operations

Certification and Carbon Accounting

Appendix A: Databases and Prescriptions for Chapter Problems

Appendix B: Simplex Method

Appendix C: Reporting Methods