Sanitation harvest

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In forestry and silviculture, a sanitation harvest or sanitation cutting is a harvest of trees for the purpose of removing insects or diseases from a stand of trees. [1] Sanitation harvesting is used to prevent the diseases or pests from spreading to other nearby trees. [2] It is a form of intermediate management and is used in order to improve an already existing stand of trees. [3]

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  1. ↑ Forestry Merit Badge Booklet . Irving, Texas: Boy Scouts of America. 2005. p.  67. ISBN   0-8395-3302-0.
  2. ↑ Government of Alberta Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (September 14, 2009). "Woodlot Harvest" . Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Sanitation Cuttings". Forest Encyclopedia Network. Retrieved 2010-04-04. Sanitation cutting is done when legally required, for example to prevent bark beetle outbreaks. Or, when economic considerations about preventing potential loss or future losses due to inaction may occur.


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