Reforestation. Any operation involving seed management; seedling production; site preparation; tree planting; seeding; regeneration or reforestation surveying; stand cleaning; stand tending; stand thinning; tree improvement; fertilization; drainage; pruning or site analysis that is carried out in the course of forest renewal. For each managed stand yield stratum plus each operational stratum identified in an FMP, outlines the desired future forest condition and the series of harvest, reforestation and maintenance treatments expected to be followed in order to attain the desired outcome. Details the typical silviculture prescriptions to be implemented operationally in order to meet reforestation standards and create the desired future forest, and identifies strategies for minimizing the effects of site and climatic limitations on survival and productivity of seedlings. Previously referred to as the silviculture matrix.
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Sources: Forest Management Agreement, Forest Management Agreement