Integrating Spatial Aquatic Habitat Goals Into A Planning Process Considering Harvesting System And Road Management Strategies
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ABSTRACT We developed a scheduling model (LMSCHED) that incorporates stream sediment and stream temperature goals into a forest planning process, allowing one to both evaluate the levels of these measures of aquatic habitat, and to set constraints regarding their upper limit. The scheduling model uses tabu search to identify feasible forest plans with respect to goals and constraints that are specified. Both land management units and road segments are represented by a set of decision variables.
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