What Is A Pine Plantation?
? A Place Where Pine Trees Are The Crop Under Cultivation. Generally, “plantation style” forestry means applying available tools and technology to forestry practices to maximize tree reproduction and optimize product yield continuity. The goal of plantation forestry is to create a steady, uniform and predictable supply of wood-fiber. Within plantation style forestry, trees are seen as a commodity, stewardship means managing to increase the dollar value of the commodity, and forest health is measured in board feet. This view is not in itself bad or wrong. Plantation style forestry has, however, fundamentally changed the practice of silviculture from a focus on the development and care of forests to a process of commodity management and production. Now we are not talking about traditional forestry methods, woodlot maintenance, or even using clear-cut techniques. Forestry is a traditional use of the land, and it is a practice that landowners should rightfully continue when carried out in
