FERIC developed the Forest Resources Planning (FRP) computer program to help forest planners with area-based harvesting and silviculture planning. Working in conjunction with the TerraSoft GIS, FRP allows planners to designate roads and cutblocks on digital maps, and to calculate various costs, revenues and volumes. FRP's Silviculture Module enables the user to estimate silviculture costs and forecast the forest's development on a treatment-unit basis. A GIS-based system for classifying biogeoclimatic site-series polygons was developed. The objectives, structure, and role for FRP are described.