![20 Year old Spruce Shelterwood. Young Spruce trees in the foreground and mature overstory in the background](https://alrf.unbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PA170199-600x450.jpg)
Young Spruce trees in the foreground and mature overstory in the background
Silvicultural Systems are different ways in which forest professionals plan to extract timber from a forest for various objectives. Most commonly seen by the public eye are clear cuts while in contrast single tree removal systems may not even be noticed. To name a few others there are: seed-tree, shelterwoods, group selection or group retention systems. The Research forest is a great place to actually see what these harvest systems look like and to explore and discuss the opportunities and challenges of using them.
![Forestry Students examine the soil in a partial harvest area](https://alrf.unbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PA170195-600x450.jpg)