Forestry and logging can be beneficial to many types of wildlife. Sustainable forest management creates a mosaic of interconnected, high-quality forest conditions for native plant and animal species, including those that are common, at-risk, threatened, and endangered. Thousands of species rely on working forests for a wide variety of forest conditions, from young stands and open canopy pine stands to mature forest and protected riparian areas. Some songbirds, rabbits, deer and pollinators, for example, need young forests for at least part of their habitat needs.
The continuous cycle of growth, harvest, and regrowth, which is the core principle of sustainable forest management, helps create the varying forest habitats that animals need throughout the stages of their lives.