Commercial thinning a forest practicing option
PRINCE GEORGE – In the early 1960s, the Grove Fire burned a large portion of what is now the Willow River Demonstration Forest. Fifty-five hectares of that 600-hectare demonstration forest is undergoing a process called “commercial thinning.”
“Commercial thinning is an intermediate harvest or a stand-tending harvest that happens at the mid-point of a forest’s life cycle, from plantation to harvest. So say, about Year 50,” explains Mike Trepanier, Manager of the demonstration forest.