The Date Creek Silvicultural Systems Study compared clearcut, heavy removal, and light removal silvicultural systems in 135-year-old hemlock/cedar stands in northwestern British Columbia. FERIC monitored productivities and costs of mechanized, conventional, and horse skidding harvesting systems on six study blocks (two clearcuts, three heavy removals, and one light removal). FERIC's objectives were to assess planning and harvesting productivities and costs: assess soil disturbance levels; and identify ways to improve operational planning and implementation of partial cutting silvicultural systems in Interior Cedar-Hemlock ecosystems.