Title: Explain silvicultural systems used in forest management.
Course: Forestry Management, Advanced (18502-II) > Section: Managing the Forest (Silviculture)

Explanation should include

- describing treatments integrating specific harvesting, regeneration, and stand-tending methods to achieve a predictable yield from the stand over time
- defining the principle methods of regeneration and desired age structure to maximize the production of timber crops
- identifying non-timber objectives, such as watershed health, wildlife production, and ecological considerations
- describing planned harvests of forest products over the long term that accommodate biological, ecological, and economic concerns to ensure sustainability of resources; provide for regeneration and planned seral stage development; and use growing space and productivity to produce desired goods, services, and conditions.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is it important to consider specific harvesting, regeneration, and stand-tending methods to achieve a predictable yield?
- What non-timber objectives should one consider when managing a forest or timber stand?
- What ecological considerations should one examine when managing a forest or timber stand?