What is Timber Management?
Timber management is a type of forestry, looking at forests as timber resources. In this sense, it takes a different take than more environmentally-based forestry practices, which may view forests more as entire ecosystems. While timber management may take into account the larger, holistic ecosystem that the forests are a thriving part of, at its core it looks at forests as being made up of trees which are in turn made up of timber. Of course, a healthy timber management program includes land not being cut, for reserves, so often people who are part of a timber management program may find themselves allied with environmentalists.
