my fuel treatment planner (myftp) – a financial analysis tool for fuel treatment planning...
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My Fuel Treatment My Fuel Treatment Planner (MyFTP) – a Planner (MyFTP) – a
financial analysis tool for financial analysis tool for fuel treatment planningfuel treatment planning
Stephanie RebainStephanie RebainUSFS Forest Management Service CenterUSFS Forest Management Service Center
FVS StaffFVS Staff
Current CollaboratorsCurrent Collaborators
Dennis DykstraDennis Dykstra Peter NoordijkPeter Noordijk Jamie BarbourJamie Barbour
from the Pacific Northwest Research from the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Portland, ORStation in Portland, OR
PresentationPresentation
Introduction / HistoryIntroduction / History Model descriptionModel description DemonstrationDemonstration QuestionsQuestions
My Fuel Treatment PlannerMy Fuel Treatment Planner
MyFTP is an MS Excel-based tool for MyFTP is an MS Excel-based tool for calculating the costs and benefits of calculating the costs and benefits of fuel treatmentsfuel treatments
Can help fuel treatment planners Can help fuel treatment planners evaluate and compare the economic evaluate and compare the economic cost of various management cost of various management activitiesactivities
MyFTP - HistoryMyFTP - History
Developed as part of the Fuels Developed as part of the Fuels Planning: Science Synthesis and Planning: Science Synthesis and Integration ProjectIntegration Project
Need for tools to help plan site-Need for tools to help plan site-specific fuel treatments in the dry specific fuel treatments in the dry interior forests of the western USinterior forests of the western US
Economic team leads - Jamie Barbour Economic team leads - Jamie Barbour and Roger Fight and Roger Fight
MyFTP - HistoryMyFTP - History
Generally didn’t develop new Generally didn’t develop new models, but organized existing models, but organized existing research into an integrated packageresearch into an integrated package
Interactions with fuel treatment Interactions with fuel treatment specialists for general specifications specialists for general specifications and feedbackand feedback
Two-day hands-on beta-test of MyFTP Two-day hands-on beta-test of MyFTP
MyFTP - HistoryMyFTP - History
Other MyFTP team membersOther MyFTP team members User’s guide produced (PNW-GTR-User’s guide produced (PNW-GTR-
663)663) Currently, MyFTP is relatively stableCurrently, MyFTP is relatively stable The FMSC now provides technical The FMSC now provides technical
support for MyFTPsupport for MyFTP
The role of MyFTPThe role of MyFTP
Screening tool for treatments and Screening tool for treatments and types of stands to treattypes of stands to treat
Examine tradeoffs between costs and Examine tradeoffs between costs and surface fuel levelssurface fuel levels
Tool for interactive exploration of Tool for interactive exploration of proposed treatments within ID teams proposed treatments within ID teams or in public forumsor in public forums
MyFTP – Key FeaturesMyFTP – Key Features
Users can compare alternativesUsers can compare alternatives Easily learned and assumes little or Easily learned and assumes little or
no background in economicsno background in economics Financial analysis (not economic Financial analysis (not economic
analysis) toolanalysis) tool Users can override most assumptionsUsers can override most assumptions
MyFTP – Key FeaturesMyFTP – Key Features Economic measure used is the net revenue: Economic measure used is the net revenue:
revenues from forest products – treatment costsrevenues from forest products – treatment costs Revenues: Volume (or Biomass) * Price (taking Revenues: Volume (or Biomass) * Price (taking
quality into account)quality into account) Costs: Costs:
– Hauling the product to marketHauling the product to market– Cost of getting from a standing tree to a product Cost of getting from a standing tree to a product
(sawlog, pulp chips, dirty chips) loaded on a truck(sawlog, pulp chips, dirty chips) loaded on a truck– Other treatment costs (mastication, piling, burning, etc)Other treatment costs (mastication, piling, burning, etc)– Can also include the cost of planning and administering Can also include the cost of planning and administering
contractscontracts
MyFTP – Cost ComponentsMyFTP – Cost Components The Fuel Reduction Cost Simulator (FRCS) is used The Fuel Reduction Cost Simulator (FRCS) is used
to estimate the cost of felling, limbing, bucking, to estimate the cost of felling, limbing, bucking, moving material to a landing, and loading it on a moving material to a landing, and loading it on a truck (based on STHarvest software)truck (based on STHarvest software)
Hauling cost:Hauling cost:– daily cost for a truck and driverdaily cost for a truck and driver– the loads per daythe loads per day– the volume per loadthe volume per load
Costs of burning and mechanical operations - Costs of burning and mechanical operations - Calkin and Gebert (RMRS Missoula)Calkin and Gebert (RMRS Missoula)
Cost of mastication - Bob Rummer (SRS Auburn)Cost of mastication - Bob Rummer (SRS Auburn) Other costs are provided by the userOther costs are provided by the user
Other FeaturesOther Features
Economic Impact ModuleEconomic Impact Module User-Added DocumentationUser-Added Documentation Save / Load ScenariosSave / Load Scenarios Multi-stand runsMulti-stand runs
MyFTP - ApplicationsMyFTP - Applications
Fireshed processFireshed process Mechanical fuels treatment courseMechanical fuels treatment course Individual fuel treatment projectsIndividual fuel treatment projects
MyFTP – Where to get itMyFTP – Where to get it
MyFTP software and user’s guide can MyFTP software and user’s guide can be downloaded from this site:be downloaded from this site:
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/data/myftp/mhttp://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/data/myftp/myftp_home.htmyftp_home.htm
The MyFTP site is also linked to the The MyFTP site is also linked to the FVS website under “FVS related FVS website under “FVS related links”.links”.