Tasle 17. — Recommended management strategies by resource unit for 



Lodgepole pine ecosystem under Alternative 19 



(Thousand acres) 



[Parentheses indicate the cells that would receive the initial allocation of 



land under unconstrained least cost analysis.] 





Stand-size class 



Strategy 



Productivity class 



No 



livestock 



(A) 



Some 



livestock 



(B) 



Extensive 



mangt. 



(C) 



Intensive 



mangt. 



(D) 



Maximize 



livestock 

 (E)^ 



I (High) 



Non-stocked 



1 

 2 

 28 

 2 

 30 

 335 

 (125) 

 159 

 (1,140) 

 (107) 

 (7,165) 

 (2,803) 



3 



18 



1 



23 



261 



63 



95 



1,098 



332 



82 



1,724 



900 



(3) 

 3 



30 

 39 



13 



(157) 



89 



10 



460 



234 



(21) 

 (5) 



(303) 

 1,273 







Seedling, sapling, and pole — 



Sawtimber 



— 



II (Moderately high) 



Non-stocked 









Seedling, sapling, and pole 



Sawtimber 



— 



III (Moderately low) 



Non-stocked 









Seedling, sapling, and pole — 

 Sawtimber 







IV (Low) 



Non-stocked 









Seedling, sapling, and pole — 

 Sawtimber 













^ Maximizing for livestock production was prohibited by definition. 



Table 18. — Recommended management strategies by resource unit for 



Plains grasslands ecosystem under Alternative 19. 



(Thousand acres) 



[Parentheses indicate the cells that would receive the initial allocation of 



land under unconstrained least cost analysis.] 





Condition 



Strategy 



Productivity class 



No 



livestock 



(A) 



Some 



livestock 



(B) 



Extensive 



mangt. 



(C) 



Intensive 



mangt. 



(D) 



Maximize 



livestock 



(E) 



I (High) 



Good 



Fair 



Poor 



430 



149 



32 



796 



69 



7 



1,468 



1,739 



13 



1 



11 



57 



1,209 



460 



101 



1,520 



114 



54 



2,939 



3,481 



37 



3 



52 



(3,215) 



(2,676) 

 (892) 

 24 

 (25.122) 

 (974) 

 114 

 (51,168) 

 (60,570) 

 189 

 (42) 

 (839) 

 2,088 



(156) 

 1,026 

 29 

 (194) 

 1,749 

 2,071 

 (268) 

 1 

 22 

 135 







— 



II (Moderately high) _ 



Good 



Fair 



Poor 



1,447 



III (Moderately low) _ 



Good 



Fair 



Poor 



1,461 



1,730 



1 



IV (Low) 



Good 







Fair 



42 





Poor 



263 









in Strategy D for lands in the two higher 

 productivity classes when they are in seedling, 

 sapling, and pole, or saw-timber stand-size 

 classes. In the pure efficiency context, grazing 

 would be eliminated from 5 of the 6 resource 

 units in moderately low and low-productivity 

 classes. 



A high portion (83 percent) of the Plains 

 grasslands grazed acreage is managed in the 

 extensive livestock management (Strategy C) 

 category (table 18). An exception was the low- 

 productivity class, poor condition resource unit 

 which was primarily recommended for manage- 

 ment at the Strategy B (some livestock) level. 



The optimal management level of this eco- 



system, given the demands and constraints 

 specified for year 2000, is Strategy C for 8 of 

 the 12 resource units, which is not greatly 

 different from the recommended program of 

 Alternative 19. Of the four remaining resource 

 units, the three units in poor condition and the 

 top three productivity classes were recom- 

 mended for intensive management (Strategy 

 D) because of the high response of these lands 

 to intensive management. The remaining re- 

 source unit, with low productivity and poor 

 condition, was recommended for grazing at the 

 Strategy B level. 



The recommended levels of management in 

 Alternative 19 for the Loblolly-shortleaf pine 



