This guide was produced to assist landowners in managing their hardwood plantations to produce the highest possible returns. Specifically it provides information on how to develop a silvicultural strategy. The focus is on smaller plantations or woodlots although the information is applicable for any size plantation.

1. The silvicultural characteristics that need to be considered when developing a thinning regime.
2. How to measure the effects of competition in a plantation and thus when to thin.
3. The practice of thinning such as what methods to use and the timing and intensity of a thinning operation.
4. How to develop a thinning regime with example regimes.

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