ABSTRACT
Contemporary players in the corporate lumber industry present tree planting as a restorative response to logging damage that can renew trees while maintaining long-term forest health. The ultimate effects of these plantings are often viewed skeptically by mainstream restorationists, but the extent to which such plantings can represent good restoration should not be ignoredgiven the size, scope, and potential of this activity. It is worth reviewing the development of the industrial tree farm as an early form of restoration. These tree farms marked the arrival of a new rhetoric, a new scientifi c agenda, and a new economic approach to repairing degraded forests.
