STAND IMPROVEMENT 



In previous annual reports details of the stand improvement 

 program on Crown lands have been reported. Included with the report of 

 Crown land operations is a report of similar work on Agreement Forests, 



Stand improvement projects have as their objective either the 

 establishment of regeneration or the improvement of an existing stand of 

 timber. 



In the treatment of existing stands of timber, projects range 

 from pruning, removal of cull stems, etc. which do not produce a marketable 

 ; product to projects such as thinning, removal of overtopping butt market- 

 able stems, which produce forest products such as sawlogs, poles, and 

 pulpwood, while at the same time accomplishing the silvicultural objective 

 of stand improvement. For the most part this latter type of project is 

 carried out in plantations on Agreement Forests. 



A feature of those projects v^ich do not produce marketable 

 products is that they c€m be carried out at times of the year when, and 

 in locations where, unemployment may be prevalent. Such projects benefit 

 both the local community and the forest. 



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