SAMM: a prototype southeast Alaska multiresource model.

Roger D. Fight; Lawrence D. Garrett; Dale Weyermann

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-255

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SAMM: a prototype southeast Alaska multiresource model.

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Authors:

Roger D. Fight, Lawrence D. Garrett, Dale Weyermann

Year:

1990

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-255

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-255. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 109 p

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Abstract

The adaptive environmental assessment method was used by an interdisciplinary team of forest specialists to gain an understanding of resource interactions and tradeoffs resulting from forest management activities in southeast Alaska. A forest multiresource projection model was developed in the process. The multiresource model, “SAMM,” is capable of characterizing and displaying interactions of four major resources over a 150-year rotation: timber, wildlife (Sitka black-tailed deer), hydrology (streams), and fisheries (anadromous). SAMM is in a prototype stage of development; final testing is required before it can be used by managers for quantitative analysis. Sufficient development and evaluation has been done by the team of specialists to permit its use in qualitative assessments for planning.

Keywords

Multiresource, forest management, systems, models, southeast Alaska, simulation

Citation

Fight, Roger D.; Garrett, Lawrence D.; Weyermann, Dale L., tech. eds. 1990. SAMM: a prototype southeast Alaska multiresource model. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-255. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 109 p