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

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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”.

Questions?Questions?