The Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Forest Decision Support Tools
An Intensive One-day Mid-career Course

This courese is now full. You can register via the link below, to be wait-listed for openings for April 4, or to be given priority notification of future sessions.

In this course we will introduce two forest decision support systems with applications to forest management in Southern New England: the Landscape Management System and NED-2.

The Landscape Management System (LMS) is an evolving application designed to assist in landscape level analysis and planning of forest ecosystems by automating the tasks of stand projection, graphical and tabular summarization, stand visualization, and landscape visualization.

LMS is implemented as a Microsoft Windows application that coordinates the activities of other programs (growth models, visualization tools, etc.) that makeup the overall system. LMS is comprised of many separate programs that make growth estimates, produce graphical or tabular displays, store inventory information, and connect these diverse programs into a cohesive system.

NED-2 is a Windows-based system designed to improve project-level planning and decision making by providing useful and scientifically sound information to natural resource managers. Resources currently addressed include visual quality, ecology, forest health, timber, water, and wildlife. NED-2 integrates treatment prescriptions, growth simulation, and alternative comparisons with evaluations of multiple resources across a management unit.

Instructors

Aaron Hohl, M.E.M., Ph.D candidate, Yale University

Andrew Niccolai, M.F., Ph.D. candidate, Yale University

Prerequisites

The course is conducted at the graduate level, and is designed to present and synthesize the most up-to-date information available in the context of decision support for operational forest management. A general requirement for those attending is a Bachelor’s degree in forestry or a related discipline, or a Bachelor’s degree and practical experience in natural resource management.  Please bring you own laptop if possible, as a limited number of loaner laptops will be available.

Continuing Forestry Education Credits

Worth 2 Ceu's for Certified Commercial Practitioners inn Connecticut

Driving directions to each site will be sent with confirmation of registration.