Sections

Forest Management II: Forest-Level Decisions

Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Room 4-516, UGA

Date: 10/28/2011 from 09:30 am to 02:30 pm

Quantitative and qualitative forest management methods have long been used for making decisions concerning the timing of activities to meet silvicultural and management objectives. Foresters use a number of techniques to decide when and where to implement management activities, and to assess alternatives that acknowledge economic, ecological, and social goals. This course represents the second of a series of forest management continuing education courses that review and explore techniques and methods for developing forest plans.

Brochure

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This short, four-hour course will:

Briefly introduce decision-making processes and planning at the forest level

Review methods for organizing forest-level data

Discuss forest-level objectives and constraints

Discuss forest-level optimization with linear programming

Discuss forest-level simulation and binary search

Briefly discuss forest-level optimization with heuristics

Discuss spatial considerations for forest-level decisions

Discuss forest-level optimization with mixed integer programming

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Understand the basic principles of forest-level decision-making and planning processes

Understand the methods for determining the optimal or near-optimal forest plans

Understand the common problems related to, methods for, forest-level decision-making

Who Should Attend?

Natural resource management professionals who are involved in making decisions regarding the development of forest plans, but could use a short refresher on the methodology. People who want to learn more about quantitative forest management principles in order to advance their careers or to meet the needs of a professional certification organization.

Registration Fees

The fee for this course is $120, which includes instructional materials, one luncheon.

Format

The course involves lecture presentations that provide an overview of forest management principles as they pertain to forestry and natural resource management in the United States. The material will be presented in a logical manner, from an introduction to decision-making and planning to principles for tree-level and stand-level optimization of decisions. These lectures all occur within a four-hour period of time on the day of the course. Handouts will be provided to summarize the material presented.