A unit of Lasting Forests Sustained forests; sustained profits evolving since March 30, 1999

1. General
2. Fundamental
3. Success Criterion
4. Constraints
5. Primary
6. Actions
7. Futuristic

General: vague; bylaws; political; include and exclude

Fundamental Objectives are:

Preservation - To stabilize or increase a population at or above a minimum recovery density but less than carrying capacity using whatever means possible.

Species per se - To maintain a population of a particular species.

Wilderness - To maintain fauna in a wilderness environment in variety and normal abundance compatible with other wilderness uses and adjoining land uses.

Ecologic - To change population richness and abundance to achieve desirable stages and conditions of community succession.

Esthetic - To produce numbers, species, and characteristics of fauna in the proper setting for esthetic benefits to the maximum number of appreciative people.

Trophy - To produce quantities of quality faunal trophies.

Sporting Recreation - To produce the maximum amount and variety of recreation for people through all faunal use activities, observations, and experiences.

Multiple Use - To produce maximum faunal values within the restrictions or limits imposed by production-optimizing efforts with other resources on the same management area.

Economic - To maintain fauna as an attraction and viewing opportunity will strengthen the economy of the community or government.

Quasi-exploitation - To take for purposes of profit the maximum number of animals without destroying the major base resource.

Production - To produce a sustained maximum yield of meat, hides, furs, and other products from fauna.

Entrepreneur - To produce maximum personal or corporate income through continuing faunal management.

Control - To reduce to a reasonable level animal effects detrimental to people's interest.

Exploitation - to use fauna to the fullest when values seem to be the highest.

Success Criterion: The means for deciding whether objectives are being achieved; the objective function: Examples:B/C, present net value, minimize risk, maximize profit, or stabilize an index of performance.

Constraints: Policy like; equivalent to "Do x subject to y"; "subject to y" is a constraint; examples "to underspend the allotted money", "to operate safely", "to avoid offending person P"

Primary: Working rules of the manager; specific; measurable; the i's of the Benefit equation; functional; examples "To maximize the number of trophy animals taken having a score greater then x"; "To maximize a law enforcement compliance index in the region"; "To minimize maximum annual stream turbidity."

Actions: Confused with primary; means to other objectives; example "To build 100 wood duck boxes" is a type of objective, the success of which might help achieve a primary objective of "To maximize the number of people in a region that see a male wood duck annually."

Futuristic: Related to feedforward; specific to encourage and require improved study of the future and to bring such study results into daily decision; example "To maximize use of time series analyses of big game harvests"; "To maximize the number of years in the horizon used in planning."

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