- To model the flows of timber and other resources for forest management planning .
- To assess tree and stand responses to silviculture treatments and aid in the design and selection of appropriate treatments given management objectives.
- By linking growth and yield models to wildlife habitat suitability models changes in habitat quality can be assessed.
- To predict changes in tree and stand values for periods between successive inventories.
- To evaluate the impact of management policies on the sustainable use of forests
- To understand the general tree growth responses in relation to habitat characteristics
- To examine relationships between stand growth and structural diversity
- To forecast the development of both pure even-aged and mixed-species uneven-aged stands
- To make decisions for feasible investment options
- To make comparisons to choose best original spacing, rotation timing
- To predict work programs when budgeting costs and revenue
