The first challenge for practitioners inexperienced with various silvicultural systems is to determine the full range of choices available, and to sort through the confusing use and misuse of terminology. This workbook is designed to provide practitioners in British Columbia with a common background in silvicultural systems; and to promote consideration of the full range of silvicultural systems and consistency in silvicultural systems terminology. Note that this publication is only intended to ground you in the fundamental silvicultural systems concepts. As you will see, silvicultural systems cannot be selected "ready-made" from a book. Instead, they must be tailored to each stand. However, understanding these general terms and categories of systems is a useful starting point. The general objectives of this workbook are: to encourage use of consistent terminology for silvicultural systems and improve the general understanding of the objectives and complexities of each system; to encourage consideration of the full range of silvicultural systems in a pre-harvest plan (silviculture prescription in British Columbia); to encourage site-specific application of silvicultural systems using current knowledge and careful consideration of all resource objectives at the stand and landscape levels. This workbook was designed to assist both students in learning about silvicultural systems and field practitioners who wish to review the basic concepts of silvicultural systems.