Definitions for "Pre-Commercial Thinning"
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.