Forest Management and Planning

1. Management of Forests and Other Natural Resources 2. Valuing and Characterizing Forest Conditions 3. Geographic Information and Land Classification in Support of Forest Planning 4. Estimation and Projection of Stand and Forest Conditions 5. Optimization of Tree- and Stand-Level Objectives 6. Graphical Solution Techniques for Two-Variable Linear Problems 7. Linear Programming 8. Advanced Planning Techniques 9. Forest and Natural Resource Sustainability 10. Models of Desired Forest Structure 11. Control Techniques for Commodity Production and Wildlife Objectives 12. Spatial Restrictions and Considerations in Forest Planning 13. Hierarchical System for Planning and Scheduling Management Activities 14. Forest Supply Chain Management 15. Forest Certification and Carbon Sequestration 16. Scenario Analysis in Support of Strategic Planning

Pete Bettinger is a professor of forestry at the University of Georgia. He teaches forest planning, forest measurements, and aerial photogrammetry; and conducts research in applied forest management with particular emphasis on harvest scheduling, precision forestry, and geospatial technologies. Dr. Bettinger has worked with the forest industry in the southern and western United States, and maintains this connection to forestry professionals through his leadership in the Southern Forestry and Natural Resource Management GIS Conference and other continuing education courses he offers. Dr. Bettinger is also a co-author of two other books published by Academic Press, Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, and Forest Plans of North America.Kevin Boston an associate professor at Oregon State University. He has held academic and professional positions in both New Zealand and United States. He is a registered professional forester in California and licensed logging engineer in Oregon. His research area are in forest planning, forest transportation, and forest policy.Jacek Siry is a professor of forest economics at the University of Georgia. He teaches forest economics, economics of renewable resources, and international forest business, and conducts research in applied forest economics with emphasis on timber markets, investments and finance, and forest management. Dr. Siry is also a co-author of two other books published by Academic Press, Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, and Forest Plans of North America.