MRLAM is a model for the identification of potential alternative land ownership patterns and their likely effects on species habitat and timber value.
MRLAM
The Multi-Resource Land Allocation Model was developed to provide stakeholders in the Umpqua Land Exchange Project with an integrated analytical tool that allows for the identification of potential alternative land ownership patterns, and that evaluates the consequences of these alternative ownership patterns at a landscape scale on habitat for species at risk and timber value. More specific goals include the following:1. Design a model that can project habitat conditions at the landscape scale; 2. Address aquatic and terrestrial environments; 3. Project timber growth and harvest for federal, state, forest industry, and non-industrial owners; 4. Search for alternative ownership patterns that increase habitat for species at risk while maintaining timber values and capacity for timber production; 5. Communicate results in understandable ways; 6. Assist in the evaluation of alternatives in an EIS process; 7. Help citizen groups develop and evaluate proposed ownership patterns; 8. Provide analysis and display in “real time”; 9. Be interactive and user friendly.
Umpqua Land Exchange Project Multi-Resource Land Allocation Model Handbook. Prepared for the Foundation for Voluntary Land Exchanges by the Consulting Science Team. Copyright Document 2001 by the ULEP Project (~500 pages) Paper or CD available. Suggested price $30.00 $7.50 for CD. (copies available at regional libraries (Drain, Reedsport, Roseburg, and Elkton.)
http://www.or.blm.gov/umpqua/ (No Longer Available)
Alternative Evaluation
Impact Assessment
Resources Allocation
Status Assessment
Conservation Of Biodiversity
Forest Succession Modeling
Habitat Suitability
Land Use Allocation
Land Use Change
Landscape Analysis And Modeling
Management Process Modeling
Socioeconomic System Modeling
Alternative Generation
Condition Analysis And Assessment
Impact Analysis
Rank Alternatives
Risk Analysis
Scenario Simulation And Comparison
Stakeholder Engagement
Visualization
Optimization Methods
Simulation
Trade-Off Analysis
Collaboration Support
Scenario Management And Comparison
Visualization
Biophysical Process
Economic Process
Management Process
Social Process
Subregional Extent
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Forest Age Classes Or Successional Stages
Forest Fragmentation
Forest Management Classes
Forest Types
Species Viability
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ORGANON is used to model forest growth (however any growth & yield model with stand outputs could be used)"Mellen-Ager" coarse woody debris model used to process mortality out of the growth and yield modelHabitat suitability indices were generated for a number of species.
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Not Priced
Prototype Being Applied
Bureau Of Land Management (BLM)
National Commission On Science For Sustainable Forestry
Patrick H. Geehan
Martin Wong
6 landscape metrics (4-4)size of min map units important
Martin Wong
10/5/2009
6/5/2008
Spatial Decision Support Systems
Timber Harvest Process
Evaluative Models
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