The removal of some trees in young stands in order to provide more growing space, nutrients and light to the chosen remaining trees.
When trees are about ten years old, teams go into the woods with saws and do a manual cleaning. This takes out the competing softwoods and thins the trees if they've grown up too densely
The removal of trees not for immediate financial return but to reduce stocking,to concentrate growth on the more desirable trees, or to accomplish some other resource objective such as fuel reduction.
Cutting in an immature crop or stand to improve crop spacing and to accelerate the diameter increment of favoured trees, and/or improve the average form of the trees that remain. Does not yield trees of commercial value.
A thinning that happens before the trees are at the value level where they can make the owner a net profit from the revenue of the timber sale.
The practice of removing some of the trees less than merchantable size from a stand so that remaining trees will grow faster. ( FEMAT, IX-27)