FVS-Related Links

There are other websites on the Internet with information related to the Forest Vegetation Simulator.

• Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team (FHTET) - the Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team was created by the Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry in February 1995 to develop and deliver forest health technology services to field personnel in public and private organizations in support of the Forest Service's land ethic, to "promote the sustainability of ecosystems by ensuring their health, diversity, and productivity."
• Forest Ecosystem Processes - website for a group at the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Moscow, Idaho, studying the effects of management and environment on ecosystem processes. Develops new knowledge and decision support tools.
• Forest Vegetation Simulator Presentation Guidelines - Teaching about a Mathematical Model: Guidelines for Introducing the Forest Vegetation Simulator to the General Public.

FVS-Related Tools

• INFORMS - INFORMS is a decision support software designed for the Forest Service.
• Landscape Management Project - a cooperative project between the University of Washington College of Forest Resources Silviculture Laboratory and the USDA Forest Service.
• My Fuel Treatment Planner (MyFTP) - My Fuel Treatment Planner software can be used to estimate costs, revenues, economic impacts, and surface fuels associated with fuel reduction treatments in the western United States. FVS cut-tree lists can be imported into My Fuel Treatment Planner to perform economic analysis of management simulated in FVS.
• NED (Northeast Decision Model) - NED is a collection of software products being developed by the USDA Forest Service. The NED software is intended to aid resource managers, develop goals, assess current and future conditions, and produce sustainable management plans for forest properties.

FVS Partners

• British Columbia Ministry of Forests PrognosisBC - Prognosis^BC is British Columbia's adaptation of the USFS Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS).
• ESSA Technologies Forestry Science - a company in British Columbia, Canada, that provides software technologies and consulting solutions in the environmental field. ESSA has worked with clients in the USDA Forest Service since 1981, developing and testing forest pest models.
• The Joint Fire Science Program - a joint program of the United States Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to provide a scientific basis and rationale for implementing fuels management activities, focusing on activities that will lead to development and application of tools for managers.

Forest Inventory Websites

• Forest Inventory & Analysis - the home page of the Forest Service unit responsible to develop, analyze, and maintain forest resource information.
• Field Sampled Vegetation (FSVeg) - the FSVeg products web page of the Forest Service Natural Resource Information System (NRIS).
• Current Vegetation Survey - a page containing links to Region 6's Current Forest Vegetation Survey (CVS) databases and data processing software.

Last modified: Thursday, 16-Mar-2006 19:43:54 EDT