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We present a land management scheduling model for ensuring the compatibility of aquatic habitat quality and commodity production goals in forest management. This model uses Tabu search procedures to select feasible land management activities (timber harvesting and road system management) subject to an even-flow constraint and aquatic habitat quality goals, as represented by stream sediment and temperature indices. The methodology for evaluating the effects of land management activities on the realization of aquatic habitat goals utilizes established procedures, yet makes evaluations with each incremental decision choice. We apply the procedures to a 5,926 ha case study watershed in eastern Oregon to evaluate the performance. For comparison, a global optimum solution is estimated using extreme value theory techniques. Results show that all solutions are spatially and temporally feasible with …