The Ecosystem Management Decision Support System is heading toward version 5.5. Recent updates to the system include support for tactical planning (deciding which possible management actions are highest priority in a management unit). This feature is currently supported by both Criterium DecisionPlus, a multi-criteria decision support system (DSS) that has been part of EMDS since 2002, and VisiRule, a recently added DSS that uses graphically-based decision trees with powerful support from its underlying Prolog engine.
The PNW Station (USDA Forest Service) and EMDS Consortium announce release of the Ecosystem Management Decision Support system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_Management_Decision_Support)version 5 on a platform-independent open-source GIS product, MapWindows, a full featured, full 64-bit GIS platform. With this release, EMDS can now be run on Windows 7 and 8, Mac OS 10, and Linux operating systems.