Forestry

This type of cutting is made in older trees to improve overall shape and form

• Cleaning

• Thinning

• Improvement

• Liberations

This type of cutting is made to remove unwanted or extra trees in the stand

• Cleaning

• Thinning

• Improvement

• Liberations

This type of cutting is made on saplings or seedlings to help them grow

• Cleaning

• Thinning

• Improvement

• Liberations

This type of cutting removes diseased trees

• Sanitation Cutting

• Liberations

• Salvage Cuttings

• Thinning

This type of cutting removes trees damaged by weather

• Sanitation

• Liberations

• Salvage cuttings

• Thinning

This type of cutting removes big trees to let the smaller trees grow

• Cleaning

• Thinning

• Improvement

• Liberations

This type of harvest method removes only selected trees at a time

• Shelterwood Cuttings

• Selective Cuttings

• Seed-Tree Cutting

• Clear Cutting

This type of tree harvest removes all trees at once, leaving nothing remaining

• Clear Cutting

• Shelterwood Cutting

• Selective Cutting

• Seed-Tree Cutting

This type of tree harvest leaves trees that will protect growing trees

• Shelterwood Cuttings

• Selective Cuttings

• Seed-Tree Cuttings

• Clear Cutting

This type of tree harvest leaves enough trees to reproduce and repopulate the area

• Shelterwood Cuttings

• Selective Cuttings

• Seed-Tree Cuttings

• Clear Cutting