Title: (Optional) Identify regeneration methods necessary for the continuous growth of trees.
Course: Operating the Farm Business (18301-III) > Section: Managing a Forest Enterprise

Identification should include

- defining natural regeneration and artificial regeneration
  - natural regeneration
    - seeding
    - vegetative reproduction
  - artificial (reforestation)
  - direct seeding
  - planting
- explaining the effects of management practices on growth and external quality
- thinning
- cutting
  - release
  - sanitation
  - salvage
- explaining regeneration methods that produce even-aged and uneven-aged stands and how their management practices differ.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why are growing space, nutrients, and moisture important considerations for the continuous growth of trees?
- How can an increment borer be used to inform regeneration decisions?
- What are the different management strategies applied to uneven-aged and even-aged stands of timber?
- What is the purpose of salvage cutting?
- What is sanitation cutting and why is it important?
- What is timber stand improvement?