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Sustainable Forest Management
The management of forests according to the principles of sustainable development that includes finding a balance between social, economic, and environmental values.
Skidder
Vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest; logs are transported from the cutting site to a landing where they are loaded onto a truck.
Silviculture
The art and science of growing trees.
Silviculturist
Someone who practices silviculture; a forester.
Shelterwood
A method of harvesting that leaves individual trees or groups of trees or alternating strips standing to provide seed and cover conditions for natural or artificial regeneration.