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PlanningIntegrated resource planning provides a foundation and roadmap for progressive forest management. IRM offers a suite of planning services for landowners (large or small) interested in a sustained flow of timber revenue. IRM can also create management systems for land trusts and other landowners whose goals center on biodiversity and use of forestry as a restorative tool.Services:
Management ToolsIRM uses the following technologies to maximize effectiveness of forest management planning and actions:Assisi Inventory Assisi is powerful and very flexible program which organizes, analyzes, and projects forest data including timber, down woody debris, vegetation, and seedlings, and saplings. Every project IRM conducts is compiled using a unique and locally suited set of equations for taper, volume calculation, and product sorts. Most frequently it is used in conjunction with ORGANON, a growth model developed at Oregon State University. We are currently assisting in the testing and development of maintenance releases and Assisi Manager, due out in 2008. See www.assisisoft.com for more information on this product. Forest Projection System (FPS) FPS is an integrated forest inventory, growth and yield model, and harvest scheduling program. Stand Visualization System (SVS) SVS is a computer based imaging program which provides a graphic display at the stand level of forested stands including trees, snags, and understory vegetation. Coupled with an inventory and growth modeling program such as FPS, SVS allows the viewer to "see" the development of a stand from planting through various silvicultural treatments to full maturity. Landscape Management System (LMS) The Landscape Management System (LMS) is an evolving application designed to assist in landscape level analysis and planning of forest ecosystems by automating the tasks of stand projection, graphical and tabular summarization, stand visualization, and landscape visualization. LMS is comprised of many separate programs that make projections, produce graphical or tabular displays, store inventory information, and connect these diverse programs into a cohesive system.   IRM used Landscape Management System (LMS) to "feather the edges" of existing obtrusive clear cuts which are visible from Timberline Lodge on the Mt. Hood National Forest. EnVision EnVision is designed to be a full featured rendering system for stand-and landscape-scale images. Applicable projects range from a few to several thousand acres. Basic components of an EnVision project include a digital terrain model to define the ground surface, color and texture maps to define ground surface characteristics, and groups of objects or "actors". EnVision is a useful tool to visualize the effects of different harvest regimes at the stand and landscape level.
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) (link to GIS/GPS page) GPS uses satellite signals to provide highly accurate locations in the field. This technology is used to collect mapping data for incorporation into a GIS system. Growth and Yield Models IRM uses ORGANON, DFSIM, and the FVS computer-based growth and yield models. First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) FOFEM predicts effects of fire on forest structure/composition and fuel levels. Snag Recruitment Simulator (SRS) SRS predicts the fall rates and decay progression of snags. Simulation can aid in determing number of snags, size, and decay classes to provide for nesting habitat for various forest birds. The Coarse Wood Dynamics Model (CWDM) CWDM analyzes the dynamics of snags and down logs in forested ecosystems. CWDM models Douglas-fir and western hemlock snags and logs. The model assesses snag fall, height loss and decay, and log decay at 5 year intervals for a period of 300 years.
Metolius Preserve Forest Stewardship Plan, Sisters, Oregon
The property was acquired by the Deschutes Basin Land Trust (DBLT) as a centerpiece ownership supporting their ambitious plan to restore sockeye salmon and steelhead runs to Lake Creek and Suttle Lake. IRM analyzed historic and current forest conditions. Through the use of forest health, wildlife, and fire/risk behavior models, IRM developed a desired future condition for the forest, and silvicultural pathways to achieve these restoration targets. Fuel and snag sampling were completed to augment the pre-existing forest inventory. "We hired IRM in 2004 to produce a Forest Management Plan for the 1240 acre Metolius Preserve. The result was a fully comprehensive progressive, landscape scale forestry stewardship plan. IRM not only accomplished, but far surpassed our expectations."
Brad Chalfanct Executive Director Deschutes Basin Land Trust Double E Northwest Management Plan, Newport, Oregon Retention harvest, Newport, Oregon IRM developed a forest management plan for a 3,000 acre private ownership south of Newport, Oregon. The plan created a sustainable yield of timber volume and revenue, based on the long-term objectives of building stand volume and value across the ownership through using thinning as the primary silvicultural tool. Management priorities focused on restoring multi-species composition in Swiss Needle Cast infected stands, reintroduction of western red-cedar and increasing structural complexity in young managed stands.
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