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FIA - The Changing Needs of Private Sector

FIA - The Changing Needs of Private Sector. Current Uses and Future Enhancements SAF National FIA User Group Meeting New Orleans, LA March 3, 2009. Current Uses. Wood Basket Analysis – is the resource increasing, decreasing 1) Set distance radii around a mill

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FIA - The Changing Needs of Private Sector

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  1. FIA - The Changing Needs of Private Sector Current Uses and Future Enhancements SAF National FIA User Group Meeting New Orleans, LA March 3, 2009

  2. Current Uses • Wood Basket Analysis – is the resource increasing, decreasing 1) Set distance radii around a mill 2) Group of counties or an entire state • Supplement or Proxy Inventory Data. 1) FIA growth rates when CFI measurements are lacking 2) FIA Species or dbh distributions applied to gross inventory estimates 3) FIA site index estimates • Input Data for the SRTS (Sub-Regional Timber Supply) model.

  3. Wood Basket Example • The Typical Situation: A new wood using facility is scheduled to open near one of our mills. The new facility will use X tons per year. • Question: How large of an impact will this new wood consumption have on our mill’s wood basket? • Strategy: Do we need to change our species mix or other procurement strategy to keep fiber costs stable.

  4. Wood Basket Example • Rayonier’s Jesup Mill • Location: Jesup, Georgia Products: Absorbent pulp and specialty pulp Wood consumption: 2.5 million green tons Wood species: Southern pine and hardwood Average Haul: 50 miles

  5. Wood Basket Example • NCASI’s GForest - 75 mile radius for Jesup

  6. Wood Basket Example • NCASI’s GForest - 75 mile radius for Jesup Volume of GS trees on timberland

  7. Wood Basket Example • NCASI’s GForest - 75 mile radius for Jesup Acres, Inventory, Growth, Removals

  8. Wood Basket Example • NCASI’s GForest - 75 mile radius for Jesup Inventory, Growth, and Removal Projection

  9. Inventory Data Example • Site Index in the Adirondacks of New York.

  10. Inventory Data Example • Problem: Lack of site quality measures for newly acquired property in New York.

  11. Inventory Data Example • FIA and GForest to the Rescue.

  12. Inventory Data Example • Used the Cond table from FIADB. Calculate average site index weighted by distance.

  13. The Sub-Regional Timber Supply Model (SRTS) • Can provide price forecasts for many critical needs: Budgeting, acquisition analysis, harvest scheduling

  14. Top 5 Needed Enhancements • Biomass • Biomass • Biomass • Carbon • SFI

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