Forest management is a branch of
forestry concerned with overall administrative, economic, legal, and social aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects, such as
silviculture,
protection, and forest regulation. This includes management for
aesthetics,
fish,
recreation, urban values,
water,
wilderness,
wildlife,
wood products,
forest genetic resources, and other
forest resource values. Management can be based on conservation, economics, or a mixture of the two. Techniques include
timber extraction,
planting and
replanting of various
species, cutting roads and pathways through forests, and preventing
fire.