An alternative management system for Alaska Reindeer Herds

Currently most managers in the Alaska reindeer industry utilize an extensive management plan in operating their enterprises. This plan does not incorporate the use of a planned rotational grazing system. To investigate the possibility of enhancing economic returns, a simulated reindeer operation is modeled using a linear programming framework. Included within the model are three management plans, including the present plan and two more intensive management approaches. The two alternatives incorporate the use of rotational grazing. Model results suggest that both the economic performance of a reindeer enterprise and the economic productivity of reindeer range would be substantially improved by employing a more intensive management plan that utilizes a five‐year rotational grazing system. Shadow prices from the model's forage constraint are used to calculate annual rental values for different range types. The policy implications of these values are examined through a discussion of the possible implementation of grazing fees and the opportunity cost of allocating the rangeland for caribou use. De nos jours la plupart des régisseurs dans l'industrie des rennes en Alaska utilise un projet de régie extensif. Ce projet ne contient pas l'usage d'un projet de pâturage en rotation. Pour analyser la possibilité d'augmentation des profits, on utilise un modèle d'une operation des rennes, simulé avec un réseau de programmes linéaires. Compris dans le modèle sont trois projets de régie, le projet actuel et deux autres méthodes de régie intensives. Les deux alternatives contiennent l'usage d'un projet de pâturage en rotation. Les résultats des modèles proposent que le rendement économique d'un entreprise de rennes et la productivité du territoire des rennes seraient améliorés fondamentalement avec l'emploi d'un projet de régie plus intensif. Ce projet utilise un système de pâturage en rotation pendant cinq ans. On utilise des prix “shadow” (additionelles) du fourrage dans ce modèle pour calculer les loyers annuels pour les types différents de territoire. On examine aussi les consequences théoriques des méthodes en face des ces valeurs dans une discussion de la mise en vigueur possible des droits de pâturage et le côut de consacrer les territoires à l'usage des caribou.

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An alternative management system for Alaska Reindeer Herds

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