Many landowners understand that responsible forest management doesn't happen by chance. To achieve forestry goals, management must be applied. Activities are implemented that initiate, improve, maintain or regenerate a forest.When advising private forest landowners, professional foresters often begin with standard inquiries of, "Why do you own your land? What do you wish to achieve? What are your goals." This motivates landowners to gather their thoughts and sharpen them intospecific desired outcomes, or goals. Once goals have been established, a forest stewardship plan can be fashioned, that if followed, achieves the desired goals.Early in this process, landowners and their forester subdivide larger forests into smaller units called stands. This is known as stand delineation. Stands are the most basic units of a forest. Stands are recognizable areas of a forest that are relatively uniform in species composition, physical characteristics, or condition. Stands are generally managed as a single unit and they exhibit unique features that separate them from adjacent stands. The separation is the stand boundary.
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