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Re:Replanting Logged Forests with Diverse Seedlings Accelera... by BengineeringELM on Monday September 18, 2023 @10:34PM (#37565019)
Check out the silvicultural guide for the northeast:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/45874

It turns out most logging in the northeast already yields a diverse ecosystem as quickly as the next year, and no planting is nessesary.

Forresters can target different species mixes in the regeneration by using different harvesting methods.

Pretty cool stuff.

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