Forest management and planning / Pete Bettinger, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, Kevin Boston, Department of Forestry and Wildland Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, United States, Jacek P. Siry, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, Donald L. Grebner, Department of Forestry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Management of forests and other natural resources -- Valuing and characterizing forest conditions -- Geographic information and land classification in support of forest planning -- Estimation and projection of stand and forest conditions -- Optimization of tree- and stand-level objectives -- Graphical solution techniques for two-variable linear problems -- Linear programming -- Advanced planning techniques -- Forest and natural resource sustainability -- Models of desired forest structure -- Control techniques for commodity production and wildlife objectives -- Spatial restrictions and considerations in forest planning -- Hierarchical system for planning and scheduling management activities -- Forest supply chain management -- Forest certification and carbon sequestration -- Scenario analysis in support of strategic planning.

"Forest Management and Planning arose from our desire to provide for students in forestry and natural resource management programs a focused treatment of the topics that are important for upper-level forest management courses. This book presents an extensive overview of the methodology one might use to develop forest and natural resource management plans, and to analyze a number of resource issues that are encountered by managers."-- Preface.