By maintaining a variety of ages and species of trees within a stand, we ensure harvests for generations to come. Forest A sustainable yield means that we will always have trees. On Edison lands, more wood is grown than harvested. Edison does not clear-cut. Wildlife habitat, tree species size and diversity, future timber availability, and plant competition are only a few factors considered in making the selection.
Financial income is the last, though important, consideration.
The primary goal is to re-create a dynamic, diverse, healthy forest much like the one that existed prior to European practices. For Edison, reforestation means maintaining the natural forest population. The difference is that Edison's management practices do not require the planting of trees, because the forest is rarely harvested more than it can recover on its own. Sugar Pine and Ponderosa Pine are the general focus of reforestation. In order to maintain the entire vegetative composition of the forest, more than 30 native species, additional species such as Elderberry, Coffeeberry, and various oak trees are also grown.