Alder Growth and Yield Modeling Co-operative Current Status And Plans
Members of the Co-operative Data Contributing Members BC Ministry of Forestry Campbell OSU – HSC Rayonier Weyerhaeuser USFS We also work with Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission The SMC at the UW Washington Hardwood Commission
Expected Data Input Derived from D. Hyink 2000
Current and Future Plans The Data contributing members have agreed on the data available The SMC has created a protocol for data submission format to facilitate transfer to the data base. A preliminary database design, based on the existing SMC database has been developed The SMC will request the data be sent from the cooperators by the end of June 2003 Partial funding, $15k of an estimated $30-32k, for SMC to complete the database effort has been provided by CMER
Current and Future Plans The data will be compiled into a coherent, consistent database set by the end of 2003 Once compiled into a coherent data set the information will be used to create a public Red Alder Growth and Yield model