Sustainable Forest Management . . .

. . . involves practicing a land stewardship ethic that integrates the reforestration, managing, growing, nurturing, and harvesting of trees for useful products with the conservation of soil, air and water quality, wildlife and fish habitat, and aesthetics.
—from The Dictionary of Forestry, John A. Helms, Editor

Improvement Cuts The thinning of a forest stand requires the removal of suppressed and diseased trees to provide growing space for better quality trees. Harvest Cuts Harvest cuts require the removal of mature trees to promote the establishment of a new generation of trees and increase the diversity within a forested area. Wildlife Habitat Improvement Wildlife habitat improvement cuts help enhance an area to meet the biological needs of a wildlife species, such as food, cover and breeding grounds.