Across the Northern Forest, critical early-seral habitat is in decline, while millions of acres of hardwood stands languish in a degraded condition. Creative researchers and practitioners throughout the region have developed effective rehabilitative silviculture strategies for such stands. If more widely implemented, these practices will significantly enrich habitat quality at the landscape scale while also increasing the diversity, productivity, and resilience of the stands they are applied to. This project aims to advance the research, technology development, and landowner and manager communications required to overcome the barriers to implementation of these valuable forest management practices. We will (1) develop refined management guidance and implementation protocols for rehabilitative silvicultural treatments in degraded hardwood stands; (2) quantify the potential impact of these practices at stand, landscape, and regional scales; (3) equip land managers with quantitatively rigorous, easy-to-use support tools to help them implement these practices confidently and efficiently; and (4) effectively communicate the benefits of these practices to landowners and policy makers.