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Forest Vegetation Simulator User Guides


These documents are available as user guides and background information for FVS, related models, and programs. The variant overviews provide specific information about each variant.

Select the appropriate accordion to expand. You can download the document directly from the links in the Document Title column.

VariantFile DateType, Size
Alaska (AK) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator04/03/2023PDF,
1.07 MB
Blue Mountains (BM) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator12/06/2024PDF,
1.33 MB
Inland California and Southern Cascades CA) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator04/03/2023PDF,
1.91 MB
Central Idaho (CI) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator10/22/2021PDF,
1.68 MB
Central Rockies (CR) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator01/21/2025PDF,
1.38 MB
Central States (CS) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator04/16/2024PDF,
1.42 MB
East Cascades (EC) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator06/06/2023PDF,
4.18 MB
Eastern Montana (EM) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator10/22/2021PDF,
1.46 MB
Inland Empire (IE) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator10/22/2021PDF,
1.76 MB
Klamath Mountains (NC) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator04/03/2023PDF,
1.51 MB
Kootenai, Kaniksu, and Tally Lake (KT) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator10/22/2021PDF,
1.59 MB
Lake States (LS) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator01/22/2025PDF,
1.09 MB
Northeast (NE) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator01/23/2025PDF,
1.38 MB
ORGANON Southwest (OC) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator04/03/2023PDF,
1.89 MB
ORGANON Pacific Northwest (OP) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator12/22/2022PDF,
1.99 MB
Pacific Northwest Coast (PN) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator01/23/2025PDF,
1.53 MB
Southern (SN) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator04/25/2024PDF,
1.75 MB
South Central Oregon and Northeast California (SO) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator04/03/2023PDF,
2.17 MB
Tetons (TT) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator10/22/2021PDF,
1.26 MB
Utah (UT) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator10/22/2021PDF,
1.72 MB
Westside Cascades (WC) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator12/22/2022PDF,
2.06 MB
Western Sierra Nevada (WS) Variant Overview of the Forest Vegetation Simulator12/22/2022PDF,
1.64 MB

Document TitleFile DateFileType, Size
Species Crosswalks Used in Eastern and Western FVS Variants - a Microsoft Excel Workbook including the species crosswalks used in eastern FVS variants (CS, LS, NE, and SN) and western FVS variants (AK, BM, CA, CI, CR, EC, ID, NC, KT, PN, SO, TT, UT, WC, WS). Each species (sorted by scientific name) is mapped to a corresponding species in a given variant.11/05/2021FVS_SpeciesCrosswalk.xlsXLS, 351 KB
11/05/2021FVS_SpeciesCrosswalk.pdfPDF, 681 KB