Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: SAMM: a prototype southeast Alaska multiresource model.

Author: Fight, Roger D.; Garrett, Lawrence D.; Weyermann, Dale L., tech. eds.

Date: 1990

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-255. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 109 p

Station ID: GTR-PNW-255

Description: The adaptive environmental assessment method was used by an interdisciplinary team of forest specialists to gain an understanding of resource interactions and tradeoffs resulting from forest management activities in southeast Alaska. A forest multiresource projection model was developed in the process. The multiresource model, “SAMM,” is capable of characterizing and displaying interactions of four major resources over a 150-year rotation: timber, wildlife (Sitka black-tailed deer), hydrology (streams), and fisheries (anadromous). SAMM is in a prototype stage of development; final testing is required before it can be used by managers for quantitative analysis. Sufficient development and evaluation has been done by the team of specialists to permit its use in qualitative assessments for planning.

Keywords: Multiresource, forest management, systems, models, southeast Alaska, simulation

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Fight, Roger D.; Garrett, Lawrence D.; Weyermann, Dale L., tech. eds.  1990.  SAMM: a prototype southeast Alaska multiresource model..   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-255. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 109 p