In order to determine the best possible recommendation for our client, we analyze several different harvest systems. Typically, this includes a comparison between long span and short span cable systems, helicopter systems, and ground systems. The alternate harvest systems analysis is closely related to the preliminary setting design, because it often involves the same procedures to determine the potential for using alternatives. In short, the preliminary alternate harvest systems analysis consists of doing preliminary setting designs for all of the different harvest systems to be analyzed.

Typically, the software involved is PLANS, LoggerPC, and Helipace.

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Office: Mar. 31 - Apr. 18	Field: Apr. 21 - May 16	Office: May 19- June 12
Overhead (meetings)	Arrive at ONRC	Final Setting Design
Preliminary Planning	Field Work	Final Road Design
First Day at Pack Forest		Final Alt. Harvest Sys. Analysis
Office Setup		Final Timber Modeling
Project Management Start-up		Cost Analysis
Data Collection		Report
Basemaps		Final Maps
Production Equations		Presentation
Watershed Analysis		Presentation to DNR
Preliminary Timber Modeling		Project Mgmt Data Compilation
Preliminary Setting Design		Report Due
Prelim. Alt. Harvest Sys. Analysis
Preliminary Road Design
Preliminary Report Work
Field Preparation
Field Maps