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== Phase Two: '''Determining''' the Local and Regional Material Supply ==

=== Core Questions: ===

* What will a scaled-up, sustainable, and holistic treatment approach generate as accessible forest material for each value chain from each forest and region?
* What is needed to harvest and transport this material volume?

=== Dialogue Questions: ===
# '''What GIS map layers are needed to inform this opportunity?'''
## All forests
## Each forest harvesting volume by tree type and size, and ancillary material type and volume
## Local logging companies
## Timber product sorting facilities
## Wood product processors and mills
## Wood products manufacturers
## Roads, highways, rail sidings, lines, and yards
### Operating or potential for reactivation
## Container terminals and ports and their wood products capabilities
## Export fumigation facilities
## Transportation service providers
## Political jurisdictions, i.e., county and municipal borders
# '''What are the value streams to evaluate?'''
## Cants
## Lumber
## Wood Pellets
## Wood Chips
## Mulch
## Animal bedding/shavings
## Compost
## Firewood
## Vigas
## Specialty Wood Products
### Flooring
### Furniture
### Fence posts
## Treated Posts
## Latillas (Wood stays)
## OSB and other stranded material
### Oriented strand board
### Wood wool cement
### Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics
## Wood mass to biochar
## Wood mass to energy
## Secondary processing
## Recreation
## Ecosystem services
## Agriculture
### Grazing
### Water supply
## Fire mitigation
## Carbon credits
## Federal and state funding
# '''What are the silvicultural prescriptions and feedstock volumes?'''
## What is the current status of the Alaska's’s stand-based inventory?
## What entity owns and manages each forest stand, i.e., federal, state, county, tribal, or private?
## What types of trees and sizes, including species, age, health, stand structure, and photosynthetic activity?
## What are the slopes and aspects (direction)?
## What percentage of the forest is burned or likely to burn soon?
## What is the stand's current condition and its anticipated condition/deterioration over the coming months while harvesting activity can be scaled up?
## What cultural, ecological, and hydrological values need to be addressed?
## What is the current forest management plan for the entire forest, and is it current?
## What is the current forest management plan for each stand, and is it up to date?
## What activity is going on in each forest? What species are harvested? Who is currently harvesting each forest? How does each entity type approach its forestry management activities?
## Which stands are not being managed to meet the forest restoration goals, particularly overstocking?
## Where is the current forest composition relative to historic baseline conditions?
## What was the historic range of species variation, and how do we move closer to those conditions?
## What is the silvicultural prescription?
## What are the species, tree sizes, log volumes, and logging residues to be removed based on the silvicultural prescription?
## What quantity and type of byproducts (e.g., forest slash) are generated at each forest? Are they shipped, and if so, where and how?
## What quantity and type of waste products are generated at each forest, and how and where are they disposed of?
## What are the most significant unmet opportunities?
## What material and volumes from each stand need new market solutions?
## Which entities are best positioned to conduct the harvesting activities in each forest?
# '''How do the feedstock volumes add up at the regional level?'''
## How does each stand relate to other stands in the region so that the aggregate regional volume of common material is identified?
# '''How do in-forest logistics assets determine accessibility for harvesting?'''
## What are the roads in each forest stand, and what entity owns and maintains those roads?
## What are the legal guidelines for road use, construction, and maintenance?
## What are these roads’ conditions, how has fire damaged them, and how are they vulnerable?
## What work is needed on which roads for accessibility to treat forests?
## What are the seasonal characteristics of the availability of these roads?
## What are the characteristics of the critical infrastructure elements in the forest? What do we have? What’s missing?
## Where are new roads and cleared land needed to render forest material removal viable?
## Given the characteristics and regulations of the in-forest logistics, what percentage of the forest stands are physically accessible?
## What solutions do we want to develop to access more of the forest?
## Which entities are best positioned to conduct the transportation activities from each forest?
# '''What is the composition of the regional infrastructure for forest materials’ logistics?'''
## What is the region’s publicly accessible road network?
## What is the general condition of forest road access?
## What are these area roads' and bridges' weight, clearance, and safety restrictions?
## Where are the existing railroad main lines, branch lines, spur lines, sidings, and loading infrastructure?
## Where are the existing rail- and truck-served infrastructure assets for transload, distribution, and storage?
## Who owns each facility and network section, and what services and capacities do they have?
## Where can new truck and rail loading facilities enhance forestry operations and minimize transportation costs and impacts?
## Are these new developments commercially viable, or do they need public subsidization?
# '''What existing and new capacity is needed for short- and long-term harvesting?'''
## Which entities are best positioned to conduct harvesting activities in each forest?
## What new resources or support does each entity need?
# '''What are the performance characteristics and costs of available equipment types for harvesting, in-forest logistics, and regional transportation?'''
## What are the harvesting equipment choices?
## What are the transportation equipment choices?
### What are the specifications of the loaders and trucks that can be utilized in each stand in support of each material-removal activity?
### What are the equipment costs for each vehicle type?
### What is the status of diesel-alternative energy technology for each vehicle type?
## What new collaborative pooling of harvesting and transportation equipment improves the financial viability of scaled-up harvesting and logistics?

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