Large areas of productive forest land are currently occupied by poor-quality, non-commercial forests due to past fires, repeated insect attack, high-grading (removal of only the best trees), and other factors.

	Site Reclamation, or Backlog Silviculture, is the most common treatment for this type of forest
	Most backlog treatments are labour-intensive
Treatment consists of clearing, preparing, and planting a site to establish a vigorous new forest.
	A manual (chainsaw) salvage cut is first made which fells the existing forest and  salvages any merchantable trees
	Logging debris is then burned or raked to prepare the area for planting
	The area is then planted to complete the treatment
	Since the 1970's, more than 25,000 hectares of productive forest land has been reclaimed in this fashion