Over the past several decades, forest management has been changing throughout the world. How has the field of silviculture kept up with these changes and what can silviculture offer to the future of forest management for the changing objectives and demands placed on forests?

This was a question that was frequently asked of the Silviculture Laboratory at the University of Washington. We decided the best way to answer this question was with this poster. Silviculture is the science at the heart of applied forest: ecology, restoration, conservation and management. Silviculture is a very dynamic and expanding discipline. With the increasing complexity of the demands placed on forests, silvicultural knowlege is needed now more than ever. Silviculturalists can help to provide the insights and mechanisms for making forest projects successful, whether they are creating wildlife habitat, protecting streams, producing boards or some combination of these. So in short the answer to the question “what does Silviculture offer” is; What Do You Want?