PLATA Description

							PLATA

  Project Level Analysis of
   Treatment Alternatives
        PLATA Description…

   Purpose: Provide managers with an easy to use
    tool for conducting economic analysis in project
    planning
   Developed by Rocky Mountain Research Station
   Sponsored by
    *   WO Forest Management
    *   PSW Fire Research
    *   R-1 Forest Management
    *   RMRS Economics Research
    Background…
   Timber Sale Planning and Analysis System
     (TSPAS) for DG
   TSPAS replacement?
   Survey of NEPA coordinators across FS Regions
   Decision  Develop replacement program
    * Variety of Project types
    * Maintain capabilities for timber sales
   Advisory Group
    * Capabilities important to specific disciplines
    * Feedback on design
    PLATA Capabilities
    & Features…
   Economic efficiency analysis
   Apply local appraisal approach
    * Best estimate of stumpage price
    * Appraisal information at planning stage
    * Salability
   Trust fund distributions
   Summary of planned project accomplishments
   Listing of planned expenditures by fund code
   Report formats:
    * Use in NEPA document
    * Details for project file
    Capabilities & Features
    (continued)...
   Option for analysis by treatment unit
   Price & cost options
    * Directly entered
    * Table look-up
    * Mathematical equation
   Windows application
   Standard Windows functionality
   Easy for project planners to use
   Possible future link to GIS (treatment unit
    analysis)
      PLATA is two programs...

Default Database              Project Builder
 Builder                           Build any number of
                                    alternatives
     Region and/or Forest
      Specific                     Data entry by
                                    alternative or
     Default values for            treatment unit
      prices                       Report comparing
     Appraisal information         alternatives
     Default values for           Detailed Report for an
      common costs                  alternative
     Lists (species, etc)         Report comparing
                                    treatment units
 PLATA Default Database Builder


                              PLATA DDB
  Default Area




                              Area Default
                                  Sets
Default Information Manager
      PLATA Project Builder

Area Default              Reports
    Sets


               PLATA PB




                          Project
                           Data
   ID Team
    Reports available in PLATA
   Compare Alternatives
    * NEPA document
   Single Alternative
    * Detail or summary options
    * Project file
   Compare Treatment Units within an
    Alternative
     * When data are entered by Treatment Unit
COMPARING PROJECT ALTERNATIVES (Continued)
COMPARING PROJECT ALTERNATIVES (Continued)
REPORT FOR PROJECT ALTERNATIVE (continued)
REPORT FOR PROJECT ALTERNATIVE (continued)
REPORT FOR PROJECT ALTERNATIVE (continued)
REPORT FOR PROJECT ALTERNATIVE (continued)
REPORT FOR PROJECT ALTERNATIVE (continued)
TREATMENT UNIT COMPARISON (continued)