Forest Management with Linear Programming Lecture 3 (4/6/2015)

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Forest Management with Linear Programming Lecture 3 (4/6/2015)

What is forest management? “Identifying and selecting management alternatives for forested areas, large and small, to best meet landowner objectives within the constraints of the law and the ethical obligations of the landowner to be a responsible steward of the land.” (McDill’s Fores Resource Management)

Key points of the definition Forest Management must be driven by landowner objectives; Resource professionals can only determine how these objectives are best met, but they cannot define the objectives themselves; What is best for the forest? vs. What is best for the people? Landowners have property rights as well as moral/ethical obligations to be good stewards.

Balancing the Age-class Distribution

The regulated forest Regulated forest: a forest with an equal number of acres in each age class Forest regulation: the process of converting a forest with an unbalanced age-class distribution into a regulated forest The purpose of forest regulation is to achieve a state where an even flow of products can be produced in perpetuity

The regulated forest cont. A regulated forest provides sustainability and stability In a regulated forest, the oldest age class is harvested each year, the age-class distribution is maintained

Planning periods and the planning horizon 10-yr planning period A 100-yr planning horizon (the conversion interval) Unregulated forest Regulated forest Area in each age class Rotation age Period length

Methods of Forest Regulation How to get from existing forest with an unbalanced age-class distribution to a regulated forest? The area and volume control focus on cutting a target area (or volume) in each period Linear Programming

Age Classes Acres by site class Site ISite II 0-103,0008, ,0004, ,0007,000 Total18,00019,000 Harvest Age Volume (cds) by site class Site ISite II Developing a harvest scheduling model: an example Initial age-class distribution Analysis area Yield If the acres that are initially in age-class 0-10 are to be cut in period 2, they will be 5+15=20 yrs old at the time of harvest.

Item SymbolAmount Wood PriceP$25/cd Planting CostE$100.00/ac Timber Sales Cost -per acre -per cord sfsvsfsv $15.00/ac $0.20/cd Interest Rater4% Economic Data Economic data Harvest Age LEV Site ISite II 20$11.66$ $69.83$ $72.01$ $31.43$ $2.66$28.60 R*(yr)4030 LEV

Formulating the example problem as a cost minimization LP 1.Define variables

2.Formulating the objective-function Where c sap = the present value of the cost of assigning one acre to the variable X sap.

Calculating c sap : Note: If p=0 then c sap =0

Calculating the harvest ages and volumes Initial Age Class Harvest AgeVolume – Site IVolume – Site II Harvest period Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 1 Period 2 Period v 111 =2v 112 =10v 113 =20v 211 =5v 212 =14v 213 = v 121 =10v 122 =20v 123 =31v 221 =14v 222 =27v 223 = v 131 =20v 132 =31v 133 =37v 231 =27v 232 =38v 233 =47

3.Formulating the constraints a)Area constraints (for each analysis area): you cannot manage more acres than what you have

b)Harvest target constraints: Require the production of some minimum timber output in each period The harvest target for the first decade with Hundeshagen’s formula: The harvest target for the second decade: (H 1 +LTSY)/2=295,000cd/period The harvest target constraint for period 1: The specific harvest target constraints for periods 1-2:

b)Ending age constraints: One way to ensure that the forest that is left standing at the end of the planning horizon will be of a desirable condition Several alternative constraints exist: i.Target ending age-class distribution ii.Target ending inventory iii.Average ending age constraints Age Class Avg. AgeAcres Calculating the average age of a forest (example):

Ending age constraints cont. Where: = the average age of the forest in year 30.

Ending age constraints cont. This leads to the general form of the constraint: Where = the target minimum average age of the forest in year 30

Ending age constraints cont. Initial Age Class Site ISite II Harvest Period Not CutPeriod 1Period 2Period 3Not CutPeriod 1Period 2Period Calculating the coefficients: How should we set the minimum average ending age: What is the average age of the regulated forest?(R*+1)/2 Site I: (40+1)/2= 20.5 Site II: (30+1)/2=15.5 Average for the two sites: 17.93yrs

Ending age constraints cont. Non-negativity Constraints

Harvest Scheduling with Profit Maximization No harvest targets are necessary More flexibility One can let the model tell how much to harvest Disadvantage: the price of wood must be projected for the duration of the planning horizon

The objective function:

Example:

Constraints Area constraints (same as in the cost minimization problem):

Constraint cont. Harvest fluctuation constraints: limit the amount the harvest can go up or down from one period to the next and ensures an even flow of timber from the forest The harvest target constraint from cost minimization: The harvest accounting constraint for profit maximization:

Constraints cont. Harvest fluctuation constraints cont.

Constraints cont. Average ending age constraints (same as in cost minimization):

Constraints cont. Non-negativity constraints: