Washington State Biomass Calculator User Manual
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1. On this tab we set the remaining options for the calculator The Biomass Trucking Restrictions menu allows you to set an upper limit on the distance trucks can travel between a harvest site and a facility The maximum time calculated was four hours When this option is disabled the calculator does not restrict haul times When enabled this drop down menu displays available haul times based on the assumptions you entered in previous tabs The upper limit may be less than four hours In this particular use case the maximum haul time is three hours and 40 minutes We will enable this option and leave the limit at the maximum of three hours and 40 minutes The Reporting Fields menu allows you to choose which reporting fields are returned by the calculator Available biomass will be summed up to each possible combination of the categories you check here County is checked and greyed out because you selected County as your Type of Area on the Geography Tab We have chosen to check Facility as well This will tell us the amount of biomass arriving at each facility selected on the Facility Tab and what counties it came from The Field Options menu allows us to choose whether we want the results table to use ID numbers or Names for the various fields in the results table We are choosing Names Results Tab There are two result sets for this use case one for each scenario To compare the scenarios save the results from the first scenario and then r2. Names Back Run h d This tab initially displays your selected run parameters You can hide the run parameters by clicking on Hide run parameters When you click the Run button your results are displayed Depending on the options selected it may take up to two minutes for Calculator to analyze your selected options and display the results 15 Biomass Calculator Harvest Mode Geography Facilities Coste amp Prices Options Results About Results 5 year planning period totals amp Hide Run Parameters Run Aggressive Harvest Facilities Bingen Existing Camas Existing Colvile Existing Cosmopolis Existing Everett Existing Hoquiam Existing Kettle Falls Existing Lewiston Existing Longview Existing Mount Vernon Existing Port Angeles Existing Port Townsend Existing Tacoma Existing Usk Existing Walluta Easting Winton Existing Cost Low Price 30 Max Haul Time To Facility 240 minutes Reporting Fields State Field Options Names Download results Downioad parameters Download lookup tabies StateScattered Biomass 54 Biomass Market Biomass BD Residual Value 313 592 33 Your run parameters and your results may downloaded by clicking on the Download parameters and Download results buttons respectively Tables with full lists of names and ID numbers for all of the geographic areas can be viewed and downloa
3. ll use Middle Lake Roosevelt 58 24 Facilities Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Facilities Select facilities to include in the analysis 9 Quick pick groups Proposed Hypothetical Al Clear Selected Facilities competing for forest biomass amp Omak Proposed Usk Existing Kettle Falls Existing Kulzer Proposed Peshastin Hypothetical Lewiston Existing Z Walla Existing 4 Colville Existing Wenatchee Hypothetical Ellensburg Proposed M Winton Existing Entiat Hypothetical Spokane Hypothetical 4 Back On this tab you select facilities to which biomass can be sent No facilities on this list are initially checked You must select at least one facility If more than one facility is selected they will compete with one another with biomass being sent to the facility that provides the highest return to the landowner Depending on competition some of the facilities you select may not receive any biomass It is not possible for biomass to reach facilities that are greyed out and not checked under the assumptions you have entered so far on the Harvest Model and Geography tabs Quick pick groups at the top of the tab allow you to quickly turn on groups of facilities rather than checking them on or off one by one We are only interested in sending available biomass to existing facilities so the quick pick value Existing was selected which automatically check
4. 25 Hoquiam Existing 13 19 859 24 374 4 514 Thurston 34 Hoquiam Existing 13 25 688 20 669 5 018 Cowlitz 8 Longview Existing 2 313 295 302 048 11 246 Lewis 21 Longview Existing 2 520 608 293 391 227 217 Pacific 25 Longview Existing 2 38 528 35 056 3 472 Thurston 34 Longview Existing 2 68 211 25 583 42 628 Wahkiakum 35 Longview Existing 2 102 442 102 208 234 Cowlitz 8 Morton Hypothetical 34 11 246 11 246 Lewis 21 Morton Hypothetical 34 231 466 231 466 Mason 23 Morton Hypothetical 34 6 882 6 882 Thurston 34 Morton Hypothetical 34 58 757 58 757 Total 2 324 252 2 334 182 9 931 Contact Us For questions about the Forest Biomass Supply Assessment project contact Rachael Jamison 360 902 1104 rachael jamison dnr wa gov For technical questions about the Washington State Biomass Calculator or its supporting database contact Luke Rogers Iwrogers Q uw edu For questions about the research contact John Perez Garcia perjohm 2 u washington edu 37
5. Costs Prices Tab eee tege e eee nece ea 26 Options Elo RET 27 RESUNES I ope 28 Use Case 3 Examining Effects of adding a new 29 abis Triste 29 Geography pM IEEE 29 Facilites 30 515 amp Prices 32 lo rte tetto ANS CEE hs MA a ttd dete ie ad Contact Us About The Washington State Biomass Calculator was developed as part of the Washington Department of Natural Resources DNR Forest Biomass Supply Assessment project and is available at http wabiomass cfr washington edu This user manual is designed to give you a general understanding of the features of the Calculator and is not a substitute for reading the full report The final report available on the DNR project website at http www dnr wa gov Publications em_finalreport_wash forest biomass supply assess pdf Usage Introduction The Washington State Biomass Calculator is designed to allow you to access the same data and analytical tools that supported the Washington State Biomass Supply Assessment In order to use the Calculator properly an understanding of the terminology and how the underlying data and analysis were constructed is necessary Figure 1 shows the allocation of material from a forest harvest operation into merchantable stem v
6. Harvest Model Geography Facilites culs Lj Seats Select facilities to include in the analysis 9 Quick pick groups Exsbng Proposed Hypothetical T Al Clear Selected Facilities competing for forest biomass amp Fl Aberdeen Hypothetical Forks Hypothetical T Naselle Hypothetical Tacoma Existing Amboy P Goldendale Hypothetical Olympia Proposed Taholah Proposed i Bingen Existing 7 Hoquiam Easting Camas Existing Pe Ell Hypothetical Vancouver Proposed Centrata Hypothetical Peshastin Hypothetical Vancouver Hypothetical Fl chehaks Hypothetical Port Angeles Existing Waluta Existing 7 Longview Existing Port Townsend Existing Wenatchee Hypothetical 7 Cosmopolis Exis Longview Proposed Raymond Hypothetical White Swan Proposed Elensburg Proposed Longview Proposed M Shelton Proposed Winton Existing T Shelton Proposed Yalama Proposed Cl Everett Existing IL Mount Vernon Existing lt Back Next gt When the calculator is re run for the second scenario make sure that the three existing facilities from the first scenario Cosmopolis Hoquiam and Longview are still checked This time also check Morton Hypothetical Costs amp Prices Tab The Harvest Cost and Price are the same for both scenarios 32 Biomass Calculator e au Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs B Peces Options Select co
7. a shorter haul time from the drop down list Note that the maximum haul time may only be 10 minutes depending on the selections on previous tabs or that the maximum haul time options could be 20 minutes and 2 hours as there are only biomass suppliers in those two zones around a facility Your results table can be reported back in various combinations for example the amount of biomass for a facility coming from each county The Reporting fields check boxes allow you to choose how your results are summarized If you check the Facility box the results indicate biomass from your selected geographic area on the Geography tab that goes to each facility The other check boxes indicate biomass from your selected geographic area on the Geography tab within each County Watershed etc The different geographic areas have both ID numbers and names for each feature County Watershed etc Depending on your needs the results can be returned with either the ID numbers or names selecting your preference with the Field Options radio buttons Reporting results with ID numbers is useful if you plan to download results into a database for further analysis 14 Results Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Mode Geography Faciities Costs amp Prices Options Results 5 year planning period totals amp Hide Run Parameters About Price 30 Max Haul Time To Facility 240 mutes Reporting Fields State Field Options
8. chart shows your selected five year planning period For this use case we have selected the USFS Forest Health Aggressive Harvest with Heavier Thinning on Eastside Forest Service Lands harvest and the 2025 Planning Period 23 Geography Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Select a geographic area to calculate biomass Type of area Watershed WRIA Specific location mp 59 WRIA Middle Lake Roosevelt 58 Shh ss Sort by Name ID zi ZEE R 9 Hangman 56 2 A istand 6 3 P Fe xj Kannedy Goldsborough 14 RS Kettle 60 m Kitsap 15 2 amp j A a0 30 e TRS Ji NY Lewis 27 wW 24 Spokane 55 1 AT Lower Chehals 22 3 aj amp Lower Lake Roosevelt 53 n Al x Lower Skagit Samish 3 25 ay Lower Spokane 54 itj Lower Yakima 37 S Lyre Hoko 19 i is i On this tab geographic assumptions are entered into the calculator These assumptions can be either the area from which the biomass is being taken or the facility to which the biomass is being delivered You may choose multiple Specific Locations In this use case we re interested in the amount of biomass existing in a specific watershed so select Watershed WRIA in the Type of Area menu and then select the watershed in which you are interested in this example we
9. interested then select a Specific location You must pick a Specific location You may pick more than one Specific location by e holding down the control key on Windows keyboards or the Command key on Apple keyboards then picking your locations with the mouse e holding down the shift key and selecting the locations with your mouse e clicking on a location and then dragging the mouse to another location If you select State County Stumpage Value Area Timbershed or WRIA as your Type of Area the biomass within that unit will be calculated Competition takes place between facilities selected on the Facilities tab with the biomass going to the facility that maximizes residual value If you select a Facility as your Type of Area the biomass available to that facility will be calculated This could be considered the fuelshed for the facility Competition with other facilities is determined by the facilities selected on the Facilities tab Competition with other facilities will reduce the amount of biomass available at the facility or facilities you select here on the Geography tab 10 Facilities Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Facilities Select facilities to include in the analysis 9 Quick pick groups amp Existing Proposed Hypothetical 0 Clear Selected Facilities competing for forest biomass amp Aberdeen Hypothetical _ Forks Hypothetical Naselle Hypothetical Ta
10. that will compete with Wenatchee for biomass Wenatchee is greyed out and checked because you selected it on the Geography tab If you check any other facilities on this list biomass will be sent to the facility that provides the highest return to the landowner This will have the effect of reducing the biomass available in Wenatchee If you do not check any other facilities all marketable biomass will be sent to Wenatchee Quick pick groups at the top of the tab allow you to quickly turn on groups of facilities rather than checking them on or off one by one If a facility is greyed out and not checked there are none in this use case but it will occur in other cases no biomass can reach that facility under the assumptions you have entered so far on the Harvest Model and Geography tabs We are only interested in the biomass available to Wenatchee without competition so we have not selected any other facilities for this use case 19 Costs amp Prices Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs amp Proces Select costs and prices amp Biomass harvest costs amp Biomass price paid at facility amp Cost model Medium Biomass price BDT 5000 Forest health cost BDT 45 00 Note that higher biomass prices increase the Mobikzation cost hr 120 00 run time of the calculator so please be Load unload cost BDT 26 00 patient cost hr 95 00 4 Back Next g
11. v ty em e sr mr s IWenatchee Hypothetical Federal 40 B E 20 002 pelea he 920 Be 620 1 hoes 8719803 198 03 Federal 2 621 3 476 1 776 1 589 00 Municipal 3 993 60 This tab displays the parameters you ve selected These can be minimized by clicking anywhere on the green parameters box Your parameters can be downloaded to a text file using the Download parameters button which will appear when your results table is created When you click the Run button a results table is calculated and returned to you This may take several minutes The results table displays bone dry tons of scattered biomass roadside biomass and market biomass as well as the total residual value of the market biomass summed up to each combination of County and Owner Class within the Wenatchee facility s fuelshed Because these results are for the Wenatchee facility selected on the geography tab the Facility column contains only Wenatchee Because you selected County and Owner Class as Reporting Fields on the Options tab all of the County and Owner Class options within range of the Wenatchee facility are reported in the County and Owner Class columns As an example Federal lands in Chelan County produced 20 002 bone dry tons of market biomass to the Wenatchee Facility There were also 31 762 tons of biomass left scattered across the harvest sites and 38 259 tons left in roadside piles for Federal lands i
12. Case 1 Facility Fuelshed In this use case we determine the amount of biomass available at a particular facility using the Average Harvest Model in the 2015 Planning Period paying 50 per bone dry ton Harvest Model Tab Biomass Calculator 85 i Resources Harvest Model 1 ADOU Select Harvest Model and Year Harvest Model Planning period Average Harvest 0 year period ending 2015 Timber Harvest Leveis Planning Penod amm State Smoll Private imu Other EN Loge Prate NH Feder Harvest Volume MBF Nad gt The first step in all use cases is to select the Harvest Model and Planning Period in which you are interested Information about the specific harvests is available by clicking on the 0 icon next to the selected harvest model The chart displays harvest volumes for each type of land owner for your selected harvest The light grey cross hatching on the chart shows your selected five year planning period For this use case we have selected the Average Harvest and the 2015 Planning Period 17 Geography Tab SA Natural Resources pe Fac ty Wenatchee Hypothetical 40 Sort by Nama 10 On this tab geographic assumptions are entered into the calculator These assumptions can be either the area from which the biomass is being taken or the facility to which the biomass is being delivered You may choose
13. Location on the Geography tab then it will be pre selected for you on this list Facilities that are unavailable because selected Harvest Model and Geography options make them infeasible are greyed out and cannot be selected Quick pick groups allow you to switch on groups of facilities rather than selecting each facility individually Existing facilities are as of late 2010 active in processing biomass Proposed facilities do not exist but have had some amount of siting work done by someone interested in developing biomass processing at those sites or it has been a biomass or wood processing facility in the past Hypothetical facilities do not exist but are possible locations where facilities could be developed 11 Costs amp Prices Tab Biomass Calculator X Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs amp Proces Select costs and prices amp Biomass harvest costs amp Biomass price paid at facility amp Cost model Low Biomass price BDT 32700 Forest health cost BDT 30 00 Note that higher biomass prices increase the Mobikzation cost hr 96 00 run time of the calculator so please be Load unload cost BDT 21 00 patient Haul cost hr 76 00 4Back Next b This tab lets you select the Harvest cost model and the Price facilities pay for biomass There are three costs associated with harvesting all biomass e Mobilization Costs moving biomass collecting and loading equi
14. Washington State Biomass Calculator User Manual Version 1 0 August 8 2012 Table of Contents Dune A 4 SEE MEME EE 4 4 Understanding the Calculator lade qn 6 Ela Trid MM 7 Ko 10 11 Costs amp Pfices Taberei 12 Options LE 14 CMICI Em 15 Altering Options 16 Case Studi ER 17 Use Case Facility Fuelshed canes 17 Harvest Model 17 Geography 18 Facilities Tabiatni 19 Costs amp Prices Tab cete eae aee E E a a a a Ta 20 Options Et 21 Results E 22 Use Case 2 Available Biomass in a 23 Harvest Model eee 23 Geography Ta b ide Ter s vede Ie MEER agegaceatevsesteceeees 24 Facilities TaD EE 25
15. acilities rather than checking them on or off one by one 30 Scenario 1 existing facilities only Biomass Calculator au Harvest Model Geography Facilites L About Select facilities to include in the analysis 9 Quick pick groups amp Existing Proposed Hypothetical Clear Selected Facilities competing for forest biomass amp Fi Aberdeen Hypothetical Forks Hypothetical Hypothetical Tacoma Existing El Amboy Proposed Goldendale Hypothetical F Olympia Proposed M Taholah Proposed Bingen Existing 7 Hoquiam Existing Camas Existing Ell Hypothetical vancouver Proposed FiCentraka Hypothetical iPeshastin Hypothetical C Vancouver Hypothetical Fl Chehalis Hypothetical Port Angeles Existing Wallula Existing Longview Existing Port Townsend Existing Wenatchee Hypothetical i Cosmopolis Existing Longview Proposed Raymond Hypothetical White Swan Proposed Ellensburg Proposed Longview Proposed M Shelton Proposed Winton Existing T Morton Hypothetical Shelton Proposed Yakima Proposed Cl Everett Existing Mount Vernon Existing 4 Next For the first scenario select three existing facilities in the southwest corner of the State Cosmopolis Existing Hoquiam Existing and Longview Existing 31 Scenario 2 existing facilities with hypothetical facility added Biomass Calculator OD uu
16. ameters Market biomass was the portion of the potential market biomass that actually was loaded on a truck Some market residual was produced when costs considerations were included This residual was noted as residual market biomass The accounting was complete when the volume of biomass reaching the market was recorded Pre existing woody material ranges from 0 to 7 2 Residual Post timber Harvest Biomass ane 4 4 MM BDT 14 Harvested Residual i Potential Market amp 3 0 MM BDT 5 Potential Market Residual i Market Biomass Biomass 21 n 1 4 MM BDT T MM BDT Merchantable Stem Volume 7 5 MM BDT Market Biomass 0 6 1 3 Figure 1 The progression of biomass from forest slash upper rectangle to market lower rectangle The numbers in boxes represent statewide volume calculated for 2010 The Biomass Calculator reports three biomass numbers scattered biomass roadside biomass and market biomass Scattered biomass is residual harvested biomass the volume that was left scattered in the woods as a product of having been broken off or tops and limbs cut when commercial logs were yarded to the landing Scattered biomass does not include pre existing biomass that was on site before timber harvest activity Roadside biomass is residual potential market biomass residual market biomass the portion
17. coma Existing Amboy Proposed Goldendale Hypothetical Olympia Proposed Taholah Proposed Bingen Existing Hoquiam Existing Omak Proposed Usk Existing Camas Existing Kettle Falls Existing Pe Hypothetical Vancouver Proposed Centraka Hypothetical Kulzer Proposed Peshastin Hypothetcal Vancouver Hypothetical Chehaks Hypothetical Lewiston Existing Port Angeles Existing Wahda Existing Colville Existing Longview Existing Port Townsend Existing L Wenatchee Hypothetical Existing Longview Proposed Raymond Hypothetical White Swan Proposed Ellensburg Proposed Longview Proposed Shelton Proposed Winton Existing Entiat Hypothetical Morton Hypothetical Shelton Proposed Yakena Proposed Everett Existing Mount Vernon Existing Spokane Hypothetical 4 Back Potential biomass supply is determined by analyzing the competition between facilities Supply to a facility assumes land owners would sell their biomass to the facility that maximizes their Residual Value If more than one facility has equal Residual Value to the landowner then a single facility from among the equal options is randomly chosen At least one facility must be selected for any analysis If a single facility is selected then no competition between facilities is considered If more than one facility is selected they will compete with one another for the available biomass If you selected a facility as your Specific
18. ded by clicking on the Download lookup tables button The results table depending on the options you ve selected may include any of the following columns State County Facility Owner Class SVA Timbershed or WRIA The calculator is designed to filter options as you navigate through the tabs to remove options at each step that will not produce market biomass It is however still possible though unlikely that some combinations of parameters will produce no market biomass on the Results tab In this scenario you will receive the error No biomass is available using the current geographic harvest and economic assumptions Altering Options After a run has completed you can go back to any tab and alter inputs for comparison You can go back to a specific tab by clicking on that tab directly If you alter any of the inputs you results will be cleared and all tabs to the right will be disabled until you click through using the Next button Note that changing earlier tabs will affect what options are available on later tabs so direct comparisons may not be possible if an option selected on a previous run is no longer available 16 Case Studies These case study scenarios walk you through three example use cases of the Washington State Biomass Calculator Further information about the various options available in each step in the calculator is available in the full manual or by clicking on the e and o icons in the calculator Use
19. e run the calculator for the second scenario 34 This tab displays the parameters you ve selected These can be minimized by clicking anywhere on the green parameters box Your parameters can be downloaded to a text file using the Download parameters button which will appear when your results table is created When you click the Run button for each scenario a results table is calculated and returned to you This may take several minutes Scenario 1 existing facilities only Biomass Calculator 85 Resources Harvest Medel Geography Facilities Costs Prices Options Resuts Results 5 year planning period totals 9 3 Hide Run Parameters Run Conservative Harvest Year 2020 Sanpete ii diy alor 9 Lewis 21 Mason 23 Pacific 25 Thurston 34 Wahkiakum 35 TUM CGU Ug j Price 45 Haul Time To Facility 220 minutes s Reporting Fields County Facility Field Options Names Download resuts Download parameters Grays Harbor alis Existing 1512 smopolis Ensting 15 56 683 0 015 ze Cosmapals Eusting 15 99 870 hose e 573 299 25 e 54 331 53 700 030 67 ___ 5 polis Exsting 15 34 579 39 086 n 1 133 856 dS 335 086 20 evan emet frisa aes organs borMoquiam busteg 13 250 733 348 627 __ 19 133 4094 415 44 Lee oguam
20. easeng 13 ese peas esn aor pequamxsteg 13 35 Scenario 2 existing facilities with hypothetical facility added Biomass Calculator oss _Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs Prices Options saoul Results 5 year planning period totals 9 Hiie Run Parameters Run Conservative Harvest Year 2020 Geography County Geographies Cowlitz 8 Grays Harbor 14 Lewis 21 Mason 23 Facilities Cosmopolis Existing Hoquiam Existing Longview Existing Cost Low Price 45 Max Haul Time To Facility 220 minutes Reporting Fields County Facility Field Options Names Download resists Download parameters Download lookup tables Scattered Biomass BD Grays Harbor Cosmopolis Existing 15 260 425 349 617 89 227 3 955 394 50 Lewis CosmopolissEusting 15 1528616 1 ses e 1 1 s3 922 574 97280 2 309 1 1 1 1 2 586 1 18 519 41 m IGrays Harbor Hoq ng 249 053 347 126 319 791 4 129 694 26 oquiam Existing 13 4740 _ 286 514 27 The result tables display bone dry tons of scattered biomass roadside biomass and market biomass as well as the total residual value of the market biomass summed up to each selected Facility from each selected County Because these results are for multiple selected Counties selected on the geography tab the County column co
21. ed the available existing facilities 25 Costs amp Prices Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs B Peces Select costs and prices 9 Biomass harvest costs Biomass price paid at facility amp Cost model Low Biomass price BDT 36000 Forest health cost BDT 30 00 Note that higher biomass prices increase the Mobikzation cost hr 96 00 run time of the calculator so please be Load unload cost BDT 21 00 patient cost hr 76 00 4 Back Next gt On this tab you choose which cost model to use and the price paid per bone dry ton delivered to the gate of the facilities The cost models and prices available in the drop down menus are dependent on values entered on previous tabs Only options in which some amount of biomass is brought to market are displayed Your Biomass Harvest Cost selection will change the Biomass Price Paid values available in the list at the right The various costs for each cost model are displayed below your choice In this use case we selected the low cost model and a 60 dollar per ton price 26 Options Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs Prces Options Summary Options 9 Biomass trucking restrictions Reporting fields Field options Maximum Haul Filter Enabled Disabled Summary Fields Use Names or IDs in Results Table Maximum Haul hours 400 Cou
22. ight fluctuate The aggressive harvest outlook created harvest levels that were much more responsive in the short term reaching 3 7 BBF in 2015 and then falling back slightly fluctuating around 3 5 BBF Figure 2 Future levels of harvest are likely to be within the range embodied by these upper and lower outlooks 4 5 4 0 t 33 5 3 0 2 5 Aggressive 5 2 0 MidRange 5 5 15 5 Conservative 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 l 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 Figure 2 Three harvest configurations used in the assessment Understanding the Calculator User defined inputs are entered on a series of tabs Tabs are ordered sequentially from left to right You may move forward or backward to change inputs by clicking on the Next and Back buttons Each time you move from one tab to the next infeasible options are eliminated Results are calculated when you click on the Run button on the Results tab Harvest Model Tab Biomass Calculator 6 uu Harvest Model ABOUT Select Harvest Model and Year Harvest Model Planning period Aggressive Harvest 0 S year period ending 2010 Timber Harvest Leveis Planning Penod Tribal State Smo Private imu Other Public EN Lorge Prate INN Feder Harvest Volume MBF Nade There are nine harvest options as well as five five year planning periods available in the calculator This tab lets you select fro
23. ing equipment to a site are the same regardless of the amount of biomass available A common question about the Calculator is why can t enter my own cost and price assumptions The answer is that allowing users to enter their own cost assumptions would take hours to run The 1 9 billion records in the database that are the back end of the calculator have been optimized Allowing ad hoc costs and prices would not be able to talk advantage of that optimization and would bring the database and calculator to a grinding halt for all users More information about harvest and transportation costs can be found in sections 2 2 10 2 2 13 in the report 13 Options Tab Harvest Model Geography faciities Costs amp Prices Options About Summary Options 9 Biomass trucking restrictions Reporting fields 9 Field options Maxum Haul Pater Enabled Disabled Summary Fields Use Names or IDs in Results Table Maximum Haul hours County Names Stumpage Value Area ID Numbers Timbershed Watershed WRIA Facility Owner Class Haul Time lt Back Next gt h 4 This tab lets you set the final calculator options Truck haul times were calculated for all models in 10 minute increments out to four hours By default the calculator uses the maximum four hour haul time If you would like to restrict the amount of time trucks are allowed to travel you may enable the Biomass trucking restrictions and choose
24. lator Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs Proces Options Results Results 5 year planning period totals 9 Wide Run Parameters Run USFS Forest Health Aggressive Harvest with Heavier Thinning on Eastside Forest Service Lands Year 2025 WRIA Geographies Middle Lake Roosevelt 58 Facilities Colve Easting Kettle Falls Existing Lewiston Existing Usk Existing Existing Winton Existing Cost Low Price 60 Max Haul Time To Facility 240 minutes Reporting Fields County Watershed WRIA Facility Field Options Names Download resuts Download parameters Download lookup tables Scattered Biomass Roadside Biomass Market Biomass Residual Value County Facility Y 3 StevensiColvile Exisung 6 36 325 840 792 092 59 This tab displays the parameters you ve selected These be minimized by clicking anywhere on the green parameters box Your parameters can be downloaded to a text file using the Download parameters button which will appear when your results table is created When you click the Run button a results table is calculated and returned to you This may take several minutes The results table displays bone dry tons of scattered biomass roadside biomass and market biomass as well as the total residual value of the market biomass summed up to each combination of County and Facility for the Middle Lake Roosevelt water
25. m a drop down list which harvest model and which planning period to use in your calculations The graph shows harvest volume by owner class across time under the different harvest scenarios Each harvest model targeted a specific harvested board foot volume for each owner classes by county in each time period The type of landowner and their associated forest management style and retention levels were taken into account for all harvest models Implementing the harvest consisted of the following steps 1 assigning the harvest targets 2 identifying segments of the landscape that are eligible for timber harvest 3 summarizing the potential harvest volume up to the parcel level 4 sorting the eligible parcels and their component segments by volume per acre and 5 harvesting parcels starting with the most volume per acre and working down the list until each harvest target is met or the entire eligible land base had been evaluated Silvicultural treatments were conducted in order of volume removed final harvests first then thinning Standard Harvests The Conservative Average and Aggressive Harvest models are based on projecting forward historical harvest data from DNR harvest reports http www dnr wa gov BusinessPermits Topics EconomicReports Pages obe washington timber har vest reports aspx The Conservative model produced harvest levels slightly above 2 billion board feet BBF annually from 2015 through 2030 This model constrained me
26. multiple Specific Locations In this use case we re interested in the amount of biomass that can get to a specific facility so select Facility in the Type of Area menu and then select the facility in which you are interested in this example we ll use Wenatchee Hypothetical 40 18 Facilities Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Facilities ABOU Select facilities to include in the analysis 9 Quick pick groups amp Existing Proposed Hypothetical 0 Clear Selected Facilities competing for forest biomass amp Aberdeen Hypothetical _ Forks Hypothetical Naselle Hypothetical Tacoma Existing Amboy Proposed Goldendale Hypothetical Olympia Proposed Taholah Proposed Bingen Existing Hoquiam Existing Omak Proposed Usk Existing Camas Existing Kettle Falls Existing Pe Hypothetical i Vancouver Proposed Centraka Hypothetical Kulzer Proposed M Peshastin Hypothetical Vancouver Hypothetical Chehaks Hypothetical Lewiston Existing Port Angeles Existing Colville Existing Longview Boasting Port Townsend c eee Cosmopolis Existing i Longview Proposed Raymond Hypothetic gt Ellensburg Proposed Longview Proposed Shelton Proposed Winton Existing Entiat Hypothetical Morton Hypothetical Shelton Proposed Yakena Proposed Everett Existing Mount Vernon Existing Spokane Hypothetical 4 Back On this tab you can select other facilities
27. n Chelan County The table with your results can be downloaded to a csv file using the Download results button Lookup tables with names and ID Numbers for each of the Counties Stumpage Value Areas Timbersheds WRIAs Facilities and Owner Classes can be viewed and downloaded using the Download lookup tables button 22 Use Case 2 Available Biomass in Watershed In this use case we determine the amount of biomass available in a watershed in Eastern Washington using a Forest Health Harvest Model We will only use existing biomass facilities a low cost model anda biomass price of 60 dollars per bone dry ton Harvest Model Tab Biomass Calculator amp Resources Harvest Model css Select Harvest Model and Year Harvest Model Planning period amp USFS Forest Heath Aggressive Harvest with Heavier Thinning on Eastside Forest Serece Lands o S year period ending 2025 Timber Harvest Leveis Planning Penod D Tribal State Smoll im Other Public EN Lorge Prate Feder Harvest Volume Next gt The first step in all use cases is to select the Harvest Model and Planning Period in which you are interested Information about the specific harvests is available by clicking on the 0 icon next to the selected harvest model The chart displays harvest volumes for each type of land owner for your selected harvest The light grey cross hatching on the
28. ncoln E ki c 24 4 Back Nad In this example we are selecting multiple counties which is done in one of several ways e holding down the control key on Windows keyboards or the Command key on Apple keyboards then picking your specific locations with the mouse e holding down the shift key and selecting the specific locations with your mouse e Clicking on a specific location and then dragging the mouse to another specific location We will select seven counties Cowlitz 8 Grays Harbor 14 Lewis 21 Mason 23 Pacific 25 Thurston 34 and Wahkiakum 35 Facilities Tab In order to examine the effect of a new facility coming online two scenarios must be run and their results compared The Facilities Tab is the only tab that is changed between the two scenarios On this tab you select facilities to which biomass can be sent No facilities on this list are initially checked You must select at least one facility If more than one facility is selected they will compete with one another with biomass being sent to the facility that provides the highest return to the landowner Depending on competition some of the facilities you select may not receive any biomass It is not possible for biomass to reach facilities that are greyed out and not checked under the assumptions you have entered so far on the Harvest Model and Geography tabs Quick pick groups at the top of the tab allow you to quickly turn on groups of f
29. ntains multiple counties Because you selected Facility as Reporting Fields on the Options tab all of your selected Facility options are reported in the Facility column Lookup tables with names and ID Numbers for each of the Counties Stumpage Value Areas Timbersheds WRIAs Facilities and Owner Classes can be viewed and downloaded using the Download lookup tables button 36 comparing the result tables from the two different runs one without the Morton facility and one with the Morton facility impacts on supply can be estimated As an example Grays Harbor County provided 289 885 bone dry tons of market biomass to the Cosmopolis Facility when the Morton Facility is not included and 289 227 when Morton is included The table below displays the differences for all County Facility combinations MarketBiomassTons MarketBiomassTons County Facility without Morton with Morton Change Grays Harbor 14 Cosmopolis Existing 15 289 885 289 227 658 Lewis 21 Cosmopolis Existing 15 57 449 53 622 3 827 Mason 23 Cosmopolis Existing 15 99 228 90 766 8 462 Pacific 25 Cosmopolis Existing 15 334 331 333 288 1 043 Thurston 34 Cosmopolis Existing 15 33 856 24 484 9 372 Wahkiakum 35 Cosmopolis Existing 15 2 352 2 586 234 Grays Harbor 14 Hoquiam Existing 13 319 133 319 791 658 Lewis 21 Hoquiam Existing 13 16 972 24 740 7 768 Mason 23 Hoquiam Existing 13 82 415 83 994 1 579 Pacific
30. nty 9 Names Stumpage Value Area ID Numbers Timbershed Facility Owner Class Haul Time On this tab we set the remaining options for the calculator The Biomass Trucking Restrictions menu allows you to set an upper limit on the distance trucks can travel between a harvest site and a facility The maximum time calculated was four hours When this option is disabled the calculator does not restrict haul times When enabled this drop down menu displays available haul times based on the assumptions you entered in previous tabs The upper limit may be less than four hours In this particular use case the maximum haul time is four hours We will enable this option and leave the limit at the maximum of four hours The Reporting Fields menu allows you to choose which reporting fields are returned by the calculator Available biomass will be summed up to each possible combination of the categories you check here Watershed WRIA is checked and greyed out because you selected Watershed as your Type of Area on the Geography Tab We have chosen to check County and Facility as well This will tell us the amount of biomass from the selected WRIA arriving at each facility selected on the Facility Tab and what counties it came from The Field Options menu allows us to choose whether we want the results table to use ID numbers or Names for the various fields in the results table We are choosing Names 27 Results Tab Biomass Calcu
31. olume and biomass starting from left to right Biomass on a parcel began as the volume of slash that was produced as a byproduct of a forest operation Biomass was everything generated as part of the timber harvest process including tops live dead branches and foliage and included breakage and defect associated with stem volume This biomass was classified as post timber harvest biomass Post timber harvest biomass was then allocated to either potential market or non market uses The biomass that was brought to the landing and roadside was calculated and recorded in the biomass database as harvested biomass The volume that was left scattered in the woods as a product of having been broken off or tops and limbs cut when commercial logs were yarded to the landing was noted as residual harvested biomass Biomass that reached the landing and roadside was filtered by operability constraints for each ownership and forest type and became either potential market biomass or residual potential market biomass The potential market biomass represented the amount that could be potentially loaded onto a truck The residual potential market biomass was the portion that did not get loaded due to operability constraints equipment cannot be brought in or other factors such as landowner preferences the landowner does not want to sell their biomass The potential market biomass was the volume that was subject to market valuation and was furthered filtered by economic par
32. on the assumptions you entered in previous tabs The upper limit may be less than four hours In this particular use case the maximum haul time is three hours We will enable this option and set the limit to the maximum of three hours The Reporting Fields menu allows you to choose which reporting fields are returned by the calculator Available biomass will be summed up to each possible combination of the categories you check here Facility is checked and greyed out because you selected the Wenatchee Facility on the Geography Tab We have chosen to check on County and Owner Class as well This will tell us the amount of biomass arriving in Wenatchee and what counties and owner classes it came from The Field Options menu allows us to choose whether we want the results table to use ID numbers or Names for the various fields in the results table We are choosing Names 21 Results Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs Proces Options Results Results 5 year planning period totals amp Hide Run Parameters Run Average Harvest Year 2015 Geography Facility Geographies Wenatchee 40 Facilities Wenatchee Hypothe Cost Medium Price 50 Max Haul Time To Facility 180 mnutes Reporting Fields County Facility Owner Class Field Options Names Downloadresuts Download _ l Cou Facili Scattered Biomass Roadside Biomass Market Biomass Residual Value
33. pment to the site e Load Unload Costs grinding biomass into the truck and unloading it at the facility e Haul Costs driving the chip van from the site to the facility Since biomass is not brought to the roadside as a result of a commercial timber harvest a fourth cost exists for forest health harvest models e Forest Health Costs falling and moving trees to the roadside Three cost models are available in the Calculator Cost Model Mobilization Cost Load Unload Cost Haul Cost Timber Harvest Cost hour ton hour ton Low 96 21 76 30 Medium 120 26 95 45 High 144 31 114 60 12 Prices for biomass can range from 527 to 100 ton Each Cost Model has a different minimum price Biomass cannot be economically delivered to any facility when the price is below the minimum value for a cost model Biomass is only removed from the site if the price multiplied by the tons of Market Biomass is greater than the cost of getting that Market Biomass to a facility The model takes into account the minimum tons a chip van would need to carry in order to break even on a trip to a facility and will only take trips with loads above this threshold The model will take as many trips as are needed to get all of the economically available biomass off site At a given cost and price it may be possible that 200 tons on a site would be economically viable but 180 tons would not since the fixed costs of mov
34. rchantable timber production to levels observed in today s low markets due mainly to the most current economic recession The Average model raised harvest levels to 3 BBF by 2015 and maintained them there for the next three five year periods It reflected a conservative recovery from current economic conditions by 2015 by increasing harvest levels in response to greater demand from a recovering economy The Aggressive model raised timber harvest levels to nearly 4 BBF by 2015 and maintained them at around 3 5 BBF for the next 3 five year periods This model was constructed to mimic an optimistic economic recovery The greatest difference in timber harvest levels occurs in 2015 when the outlook for timber harvest levels doubled from their conservative outlook counterpart Aggressive MidRange Conservative ea 2 gt wn o 2 T a 2 L o 5 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 Forest Health Harvests We examined three scenarios where forest health and fuels treatments were prescribed on USFS lands in eastern Washington A Baseline scenario harvested approximately 70 MM board feet across the Okanogan Wenatchee Colville and Umatilla WA National Forests in eastern Washington annually and reflects current commercial harvest activity An Increased Acres run doubled the harvest levels to about 140 MM board feet per year whereas the Aggressive run tripled the commercial har
35. s on all tabs except the Facilities Tab will be the same for both scenarios Harvest Model Tab The Harvest Model and Planning Periods are the same for both scenarios Biomass Calculator 6 au Harvest Model Select Harvest Model and Year 9 Harvest Model Planning period amp Conservative Harvest 5 year end ng 2020 Timber Harvest Levels Plenning Penod Tribal Im State Smo Private E Other Pubic EN loge Prvate IN Fede Harvest Volume MBF The first step in all use cases is to select the Harvest Model and Planning Period in which you interested Information about the specific harvests is available by clicking on the 17 selected harvest model The chart displays harvest volumes for each type of land owner for your selected harvest The light grey cross hatching on the chart shows your selected five year planning period For this use case we have selected the Conservative Harvest and the 2025 Planning Period Geography Tab The Type of Area and Specific Locations are the same for both scenarios 29 Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Select a geographic area to calculate biomass Type of area amp County Specific location amp i js County 7 selected Douglas 9 T Ferry 10 Garfield 12 island 15 Jefferson 16 King 17 Kitsap 18 3 Kittitas 19 20 Li
36. shed Because these results are for the Middle Lake Roosevelt watershed selected on the geography tab the WRIA column contains only Middle Lake Roosevelt Because you selected County and Facility as Reporting Fields on the Options tab all of the County and Facility options for the Middle Lake Roosevelt watershed are reported in the County and Facility columns As an example the portion of the Middle Lake Roosevelt watershed in Stevens County provided 29 840 bone dry tons of market biomass to the Colville Facility There were also 36 325 tons of biomass left scattered across the harvest sites and 40 850 tons left in roadside piles for the portion of the Middle Lake Roosevelt watershed in Stevens County that provided biomass to Colville The table with your results can be downloaded to a csv file using the Download results button Lookup tables with names and ID Numbers for each of the Counties Stumpage Value Areas Timbersheds WRIAs Facilities and Owner Classes can be viewed and downloaded using the Download lookup tables button 28 Use Case 3 Examining Effects of adding new Facility In this use case we examine the effects on biomass availability at several existing facilities when a hypothetical facility is added We ll do this by using several counties in southwest Washington the Conservative Harvest Model and the 2020 Planning Period We will need to run the calculator through two scenarios and compare the results The option
37. sts and prices 9 Biomass harvest costs Biomass price paid at facility amp Cost model Low Biomass price BDT 34500 Forest health cost BDT 30 00 Note that higher biomass prices increase the Mobikzation cost hr 96 00 run time of the calculator so please be Load unload cost BDT 21 00 patient cost hr 76 00 4 Back this tab you choose which cost model to use and price paid per bone dry ton delivered to gate of the facilities The cost models and prices available in the drop down menus are dependent on values entered on previous tabs Only options in which some amount of biomass is brought to market are displayed Your Biomass Harvest Cost selection will change the Biomass Price Paid values available in the list at the right The various costs for each cost model are displayed below your choice In this use case we selected the low cost model and a 45 dollar per ton price Options Tab The options are the same for both scenarios 33 Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs amp Proces Options Summary Options Biomass trucking restrictions Reporting fields amp Field options amp Maximum Haul Filter 9 Enabled Disabled Summary Fields Use Names or IDs in Results Table Maximum Haul hours 340 9 Names Stumpage Value Area ID Numbers Timbershed Watershed WRIA Facility Owner Class Haul Time
38. t On this tab you choose which cost model to use and the price paid per bone dry ton delivered to the gate of the facilities The cost models and prices available in the drop down menus are dependent on values entered on previous tabs Only options in which some amount of biomass is brought to market are displayed Your Biomass Harvest Cost selection will change the Biomass Price Paid values available in the list at the right The various costs for each cost model are displayed below your choice In this use case we selected the medium Cost model and a 50 dollar per ton Price 20 Options Tab Biomass Calculator Harvest Model Geography Facilities Costs amp Options Summary Options 9 Biomass trucking restrictions Reporting fields 9 Field options amp Maximum Haul Filter Enabled Disabled Summary Fields Use Names or IDs in Results Table Maximum Haul hours 300 County 9 Names Stumpage Value Area ID Numbers Timbershed Watershed WRIA Z Owner Class Haul Tine 4 Back Next On this tab we set the remaining options for the calculator The Biomass Trucking Restrictions menu allows you to set an upper limit on the distance trucks can travel between a harvest site and a facility The maximum time calculated was four hours When this option is disabled the calculator does not restrict haul times When enabled this drop down menu displays available haul times based
39. that did not get loaded due to operability constraints equipment cannot be brought in other factors such as landowner preferences the landowner does not want to sell their biomass it s too dirty or it s a left since it wouldn t be enough to fill a truck The Biomass Calculator also reports residual value Residual Value is the value of the market biomass at the given price after all costs of getting the biomass to a facility have been taken into account This could be considered the landowner profit for selling biomass to market It is often economically viable to send biomass to multiple facilities so biomass is always routed to the facility that maximizes residual value Scattered biomass and roadside biomass are only reported for parcels where biomass harvest occurs and residual value is positive Biomass numbers are not reported for any parcel where residual value is negative Three harvest configurations were developed to assess how the volume of market biomass produced might change under alternative future views of economic activity A conservative outlook included lowering harvest levels to 2 1 billion board feet BBF in 2015 This outlook took the view that the economic conditions observed in 2010 further deteriorated to 2015 reaching a stable level in 2015 A midrange harvest outlook raised 2015 harvest levels to 3 BBF annual in an expected response to an economic recovery then fluctuated around a narrow band as economic conditions m
40. ut 70 MM bf was met using 10 600 acres under the light thinning regime and 6 600 acres under the heavy thinning regime The Increased run required 21 000 and 12 700 acres to meet the 140 MM bf harvest level using the light and heavy thin prescriptions respectively The Aggressive run harvested 50 000 and 37 800 acres to meet the 210 MM bf annual harvest level respectively All treatments used a 50 operability percentage for federal ownership Finally a proximity measure was used to target the highest density and volume stands around developed areas first as indicated by land use information in the land parcel database The proximity measure mimics fuel treatment activities that occur along the urban to wildland gradient targeting those acres that potentially have the highest benefits first The six forest health models use the Average Harvest model above for all owner classes except Forest Service lands on the east side of the state More information about harvests can be found in section 2 2 in the report Geography Tab Biomass Calculator p Harvest Model Geography Select a geographic area to calculate biomass Type of area amp State Specific location 9 State 4Back Next gt Biomass calculations can be run for different geographic areas This tab lets you select the geographic area for your analysis Selection of a geographic area is a two part process You first select the Type of area in which you are
41. vest activity to around 210 MM board feet per year The assessment also accounts for baseline and increased noncommercial fuels treatments separately from commercial harvest activities The noncommercial fuels treatments were identified as stand alone acres acres that did not remove any commercial timber volume Acre targets were used to define the stand alone noncommercial fuel treatment acres beginning with a Baseline run figure of 6 400 acres The Increased and Aggressive runs treated 12 600 and 19 100 acres respectively We used two prescriptions separately to examine the impact of forest health treatments on biomass supply with commercial harvest activity a light thinning regime that removed only material up to a 12 inch diameter limit and a heavy thinning treatment that reduced stand basal area to 45 square feet per acre Both prescriptions were run separately within stands that comprised the commercial timber volume portion of the scenario An individual project designed by the Forest Service would use some combination of treatment prescriptions that generally fall between these two in terms of their intensity Completing separate scenarios with both sets of prescriptions serves to provide a reasonable range of the potentially available biomass material Noncommercial fuel treatment stands were managed using only the light thinning regime prescription removing no commercial material Under the baseline scenario the commercial harvest of abo
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