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Documents, Data, and Code. The NCX Methodology For Improved Forest Management (IFM) Through Short-Term Harvest Deferral.
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Public Comment: 143 (Anonymous) #143

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2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: 8.1

Comment: Gbsl,t,i-How is this determined? What models are used?

Proposed Change: Define how this is being determined

ncx-gitbot commented 1 year ago

NCX response: The business as usual model is a hierarchical statistical model that predicts one-year harvest risk and intensity based on FIA training data and a suite of covariates that include geographic, biological, economic, and sociological factors. Partial pooling across forest types ensures that the model is able to leverage the similarity and ubiquity of covariate relationships across the forests of the continental U.S. while still allowing for regionally specific differences. We explicitly address and account for uncertainty in pixel-scale harvest preditions and we also include some site considerations and economic constraints related to markets in the baseline scenario.