Development of a prototype model for optimizing silvicultural investment on a diverse forest ownership in central Maine

This research project developed a prototype model for optimizing silvicultural investment on an industrial ownership in central Maine. The model was based on the Model I harvest scheduling formulation of Johnson and Scheurman (1977). The linear programming based model incorporated a choice of three objective functions (cost minimization, present net worth maximization, and woodflow maximization) subject to limited land area, investment levels, and required woodflows. The model incorporated data from a 150,000 acre study area but was developed with the intention that it be easily expandable to the entire 920,000 acre ownership as data becomes available. The study also considered the possibility of moving the ownership to a more balanced age class distribution. This consideration is overshadowed at the present time by an impending softwood shortage.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Forest Management and Economics

Department dc:contributor.department

Forest Management and Economics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1991

Author dc:creator

• Reyner, Kris Martin

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-10102009-020203

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45120