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Forest Economic Model
Dec 7, 2016
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Daniel Murphy
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- This data set depicts the output of a suitability grid model for the composite economic value of forestland in the State of Maryland. The model includes factors that relates not only to the short term potential economic return on a forest harvest operation, but also the long-term economic sustainability of forest land, considering local and regional influences. Grid cell values were derived through scoring and weighting individual data layers and summing the scores for each layer to arrive at a composite score. The resulting grid was calibrated based on an equal-area percentile ranking of all forestlands in Maryland. The distribution of forest was defined by pixels defined as forest or woody wetlands in the National Land Cover Data set (NLCD).The Forest Economic Model was developed to provide a consistent approach to assessing the resource-based industry - economic values of forestland in Maryland. It was developed in support of Maryland’s Strategic Forest Lands Assessment project. It can be used for regional and local natural resource assessment and planning.
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Daniel Murphy
Supervisory Fish & Wildlife Biologist with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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