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A Total Forest Management Plan and Wildland Management Decision Support System
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Objectives: The Active List

To the interviewer of web site user:

Enter the landowner's weight of value or estimated importance or desire for each of the following objectives (called by some groups, "goals"). Use a scale of 0 to 10. A 0 will mean "no degree" or "not to be considered an objective" or" I have no desire for this." Using a 10 will represent "very desirable, high priority, or essential." Any blanks that are left will be assumed to have a value of zero. If a husband-wife, family, or corporate answer is made, enter an average or majority-vote weight.

Since this system now deals only with the following limited but long set of objectives, please force unusual objectives into the closest or most appropriate category or ask for a special report. A list of available reports that provide information on how to achieve other important objectives is available. Please tell the staff about reports or factors that you desired but that were not available.

Many people have had a difficult time making the following decisions and entering weights. It may take several discussions or thoughtful periods and this is expected. Time spent on clarifying objectives will be well spent.

1. ___Obtain the most money now by cutting all of the timber and selling the land.

If the 1and owner's primiary objective is to maximize the amount of cash immediately available to him/her from land sale, the use of The Trevey is not recommended. The owner should be encouraged to seek the advice of a realtor specializing in forested properties. Herein The Trevey presents the consequences of immediate sale simply to provide one basis for comparing effects of alternative land use (or non-use) strategies.

2.___ Obtain the most money by cutting all of the the timber and keeping the land.

3.___ Obtain the most money at some future date by cutting all the timber and selling the land. State the date if weighted___

4.___Obtain the most money at some future date by cutting all the timber and keeping the land. State the date if weighted ___

If objectives 3 or 4 have any weight other than zero, it is essential that the owner(s) specify the future date of importance.

5.___ Make the most profit from the sale of timber products.

6.___ Keep the most acres in large hardwood trees.

7.___ Encourage the variety and length of autumn woodland colors.

8.___ Have an annual income from my lands. If weight is greater than zero, state the amount realistically desired_____

9.___ Provide a woodlot for farm and home wood supplies.

10.___ Make the most profit from crops and livestock.

11.___ Have my property worth as much as possible to my heirs.

12.___ Provide an annual retirement income from a fund set aside from money earned from my land.

13.___Provide the maximum potential for non-developed outdoor recreation on the property, such an hiking, berry picking, horseback riding, and nature photography.

14.___ Obtain the maximum total benefits under a multiple-use policy (considering all of your natural resources) and the Lasting Forests concept.

15.___ Seek the greatest ecological health and stability of the property (an "ecosystem-management" policy).

16___Achieve Smartwood (FSC) certification.

17.___ Obtain maximum profits from a developed (non-hunting or non-fishing) recreational enterprise such as camping, boating, riding stables, etc.

18.___Provide a picnic and camping site for myself, family, and/or friends.

19.___ Obtain maximum profits from a fee-fishing enterprise.

20.___Obtain the maximum profits from a catfish farming or similar fish farming enterprise.

21.___ Provide a recreational fishing development for myself, family, and friends.

22.___ Develop maximum opportunities for waterfowl.

Hunting Attitude

If the landowner is interested in hunting or at least willing to provide hunting opportunities (paid or not), check here ____
and go to item ??

If he or she is not willing, check here ____

and go to item 32? ???. (This eliminates most portions of the report potentially objectionable to non-hunters.

Hunting Related Objectives (Weight each in terms of relative importance using a number from 0 to 10)

23.___Obtain maximum profits from a fee-hunting enterprise.

24.___Provide a recreational hunting development for myself, family, and/or friends.

25.___ Have a maximum gray squirrel population.

If you ranked this objective 0, go to objective No. 23

If you ranked it between 1 and 10, please indicate more about what will satisfy this objective.
Mark the most preferred statement

• ___I want a squirrel population large to justify my "going out" but getting the limit is not always required.
• ___I want a squirrel population large enough for me toget the limit very frequently.

26. Have a maximum deer population.

If you ranked this objective 0, go to objective No. ??

If you weighted it between 1 and 10, please indicate more about what will satisfy this objective.
Mark the most preferred statement

• ___I want a deer populationa deer population large enough to justify my "going out " but getting the limit is not always required.
• ___I want a deer populatuion large enough for me to get the limit very frequently.

27.___ Have a maximum wild turkey population.

If you gave this objective a weight of 0, go to objective No. 25.

If you weighted it between 1 and 10, please indicate more about what will satisfy this objective for you.
Mark the most preferred statement

• ___I want a turkey population large enough to justify my "going out" but getting the limit is not always required.
• ___I want a turkey population large enough for me to get the limit very frequently.

28.___Have a maximum ruffed grouse population.

If you ranked this objective 0, go to objective No. 26.

If you ranked it between 1 and 10, please indicate more about what will satisfy this objective.
Mark the most preferred statement:

1. ___I want a grouse population large enough to justify "going out"but getting the limit is not alwavs required.
2. ___I want a grouse population large en)ugh for me to get the limit very frequently.

29.___ Have a maximum bobwhite quail population,

If you ranked this objective 0, go to objective No. 2??

If you ranked it between 1 and 10, please indicate more about what will satisfy this objective.
Mark the most preferred statement:

1. ___I want a quail population large enough to justify "going out"but getting the limit is not alwavs required.
2. ___I want a quail population large enough for me to get the limit very frequently.

30.___ Have a maximum population of mourning doves or the profit from selling rights to dove hunting.

31.___Have a maximum cottontain rabbit population.

If you ranked this objective 0, go to objective No. 2//

If you ranked it between 1 and 10, please indicate more about what will satisfy this objective
Mark the most preferred statement:

• ___I want a rabbit population large enough to justify "going out"but getting the limit is not alwavs required.
• ___I want a rabbit population large enough for me to get the limit very frequently.

32.___Have a maximum raccoon population.

If you ranked this objective 0, go to objective No. 30.

If you ranked it between 1 and 10, please indicate more about what will satisfy this objective.
Mark the most preferred statement:

1. ___I want a raccoon population large enough to justify "going out"but getting the limit is not always required.
2. ___I want a raccoon population large enough for me to get the limit very frequently.

33.___ Have a maximum black bear population.

If you ranked this objective 0, go to objective No. 30.

If you ranked it between 1 and 10, please indicate more about what will satisfy this objective.
Mark the most preferred statement:

1. ___I want a bear population large enough to justify "going out"but getting the limit is not alwavs required.
2. ___I want a bear population large enough for me to get the limit very frequently.