timber production
Harvesting trees commercially
Timber production is the commercial growing and harvesting of trees for wood products—lumber, paper, plywood, and similar materials.
The term encompasses the entire process from planting or managing forests through felling and processing: The region's economy depends heavily on timber production.
Distinguished from logging, which refers specifically to the cutting and removal of trees.
- yardingCentralizing harvested timber
- sawmillingProcessing logs into planks
- selective loggingCutting only certain trees
- clear-cuttingRemoving all trees completely
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
skidding · bucking · logging road · coppicing · agroforestry · felling · old growth · hardwood · export regulations · pulpwood · chainsaw · log truck · tree farm · plywood · forest management · board feet · trees · pine
timber productionforest conservation
Protecting wooded ecosystems systematically
forest preservation · wilderness protection · ecosystem protection · habitat conservation · reforestation