SORTIE for Use in Forest Management
Project Reference Number: 2006-21
Project Status: Active
Led by: Dave Coates, PhD, Research Silviculturist, Ministry of Forests and Range, Smithers
Research Assistance: Lora Murphy, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, New York; Alana Closs, NSERC Research Associate
Funded by: Ministry of Forests, Transfer Agreement
The purpose of this transfer payment is to expand the functionality of SORTIE-ND for use in forest management, with a special emphasis on management of mountain pine beetle damaged forests.
The project will:
a) Develop a new harvest interface that allows users to more readily specify a wide and flexible range of silvicultural prescriptions.
b) Expand the range of graphical display and output and reporting options with particular emphasis on both residual forest structure and yield.