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

Explanation should include

- describing a program of treatments integrating specific harvesting, regeneration, and stand-tending methods to achieve a predictable yield of benefits from the stand over time
- describing the principle methods of regeneration and desired age structure to maximize the production of timber crops
- describing non-timber objectives, such as watershed health, wildlife production, ecological considerations, and other resource objectives
- describing the production of planned harvests of forest products over the long term that accommodates biological, ecological, and economic concerns to ensure sustainability of resources; provides for regeneration and planned seral stage development; and effectively uses 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 of benefits?
- 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?