• Danyagri, Gabriel
  Northern Hardwoods Research Institute
  
• Pelletier, Gaetan
  Northern Hardwoods Research Institute
  

The methods by which a stand is established or renewed are well classified in eastern North America

(Smith et al., 1997). However, there still remains a general lack of consensus about the classification of

harvesting treatments in this region (Perry et al., 2008; Wagner et al., 2007). For example, inventory

records generally classify harvests as clearcut, regeneration cut, patch cut, selection cut, and partial cut.

The silvicultural meaning of these terms are unclear and they often lack detail information about the

harvest (Kershaw et al., 2012; Salmon et al., 2015).

We recognized that there is a great need to adopt a clear nomenclature for describing harvest

treatments in terms of their impacts on stand structure. This is important when modeling silviculture

regimes, comparing scenarios, providing instructions to harvest crews and to verify if outcomes are met.

We have found that the Forest Harvest Classification System developed in the State of Maine (Wagner

et al. 2007) could easily be adapted and would achieve our purpose. In agreement and in collaboration

with the authors of this classification system, it has been slightly adapted to the context of New

Brunswick and we upgraded it to the metric system.

The New Brunswick Harvest Classification System describes harvests based on the original Forest Unit

Name (FUNA type), harvest code and pattern, the diameter classes removed and the FUNA type of the

stand