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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information FIA - The Changing Needs of Private Sector Current Uses and Future Enhancements SAF National FIA User Group Meeting New Orleans, LA March 3, 2009
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Current Uses Wood Basket Analysis – is the resource increasing, decreasing 1) Set distance radii around a mill 2) Group of counties or an entire state Supplement or Proxy Inventory Data. 1) FIA growth rates when CFI measurements are lacking 2) FIA Species or dbh distributions applied to gross inventory estimates 3) FIA site index estimates Input Data for the SRTS (Sub-Regional Timber Supply) model.
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Wood Basket Example The Typical Situation: A new wood using facility is scheduled to open near one of our mills. The new facility will use X tons per year. Question: How large of an impact will this new wood consumption have on our mill’s wood basket? Strategy: Do we need to change our species mix or other procurement strategy to keep fiber costs stable.
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Wood Basket Example Rayonier’s Jesup Mill Location: Jesup, Georgia Products: Absorbent pulp and specialty pulp Wood consumption: 2.5 million green tons Wood species: Southern pine and hardwood Average Haul: 50 miles
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Wood Basket Example NCASI’s GForest - 75 mile radius for Jesup
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Wood Basket Example NCASI’s GForest - 75 mile radius for Jesup Volume of GS trees on timberland
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Wood Basket Example NCASI’s GForest - 75 mile radius for Jesup Acres, Inventory, Growth, Removals
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Wood Basket Example NCASI’s GForest - 75 mile radius for Jesup Inventory, Growth, and Removal Projection
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Inventory Data Example Site Index in the Adirondacks of New York.
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Inventory Data Example Problem: Lack of site quality measures for newly acquired property in New York.
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Inventory Data Example FIA and GForest to the Rescue.
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Inventory Data Example Used the Cond table from FIADB. Calculate average site index weighted by distance.
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information The Sub-Regional Timber Supply Model (SRTS) Can provide price forecasts for many critical needs: Budgeting, acquisition analysis, harvest scheduling
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Rayonier Confidential and Proprietary Information Top 5 Needed Enhancements Biomass Biomass Biomass Carbon SFI
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