Description: - Metric Name: Cost of Potential Treatments
- Tier: 2
- Data Vintage: last updated 09/2023
- Unit Of Measure: Dollars per CCF (100 cubic feet) for sawlog layers and Dollars per BDT (bone dry ton) for biomass layers
- Metric Definition and Relevance: This metric is dependent on predefined treatments or silvicultural prescriptions, which are best generated at the local and/or project level. The cost to perform each treatment depends on a defined prescription and should consider an array of factors including the spatial juxtaposition of the resources and infrastructure, as well as the location of the saw timber and biomass processing plants., p, ul, p, p, p, - Creation Method: The methods are based on the “RMRS Raster Utility and Function Modeling” and the “Delivered Cost Modeling” approaches developed by John Hogland at the Rocky Mountain Research Station. Using a series of sliders that define various rates for multiple harvesting systems and then running the delivered cost model. Within the modeling, the following analyses will be performed:, p, ol, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p, p
Service Item Id: 7b607e110e8d48e89e6706a9c734429e
Copyright Text: Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) 3.0
FVEG 2023
--CALFIRE, CDFW, LANDFIRE, California Forest Observatory (SALO), USDA Forest Service
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