Coppicing is removing growth to ground level, resulting in multiple stems that are repeatedly harvested for fencing materials. Historically, widely practiced in Kent
If you leave the largest most vertical stem but continue the practice, in time you can reverse the process
If you leave the largest most vertical stem but continue the practice, in time you can reverse the process
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https://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/woodland-economics/chestnut-coppicing-an-alternative-to-the-15-or-18-year-cycle/
A Sweet Chestnut should be coppiced every fifteen years. If reversing the process, all but the thickest is removed every year in winter
Instead it's the man-made environments that require landscaping to retain their value for humans. Wilderness needs no intervention to be hospitable for animals.