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The Salmon-Challis National Forest is no stranger to wildfire. Its rugged terrain spans 4.3 million acres across Central Idaho with much of the land affected by fires over the past few decades.The need to accelerate reforestation has only grown. The small yet dedicated forest silviculture crew took on the main responsibility for that work. But that changed three years ago when the Salmon-Challis…
#SalmonChallisNationalForest, #Wildfire, #Idaho, #Silviculture, #SharedStewardship, #PostFireRecovery, #Timber, #Reforestation, #WildfireRecovery, #ForestRestoration, #Partnerships, #ForestHealth, #NaturalResourceManagement

Tree Planters' Notes, 2025 anniversary

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Tree Planters' Notes celebrates its 75th anniversary with some retrospectives from retired Forest Service nursery specialists. It also includes articles on restoring landscapes for private landowners through partnerships, how trees in the Pacific Northwest respond to different stock type sizes, creating an in-school nursery program for technical education, using social media to generate interest in planting and nurseries, and a simple strategy to protect seedlings from inclement weather.

#Reforestation, Nurseries, Genetic Resources, #Partnerships, #Genetics, #Education

Tree Planters' Notes, fall 2024

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This biannual publication provides information about nurseries and nursery production, including seed sourcing, seedling care, and transplanting seedlings for reforestation and related activities. The fall 2024 issue includes a look at a black walnut tree farm in Vermont 30 years after planting, cold storage effects on big sagebrush, how color-coating seeds improves nursery productions, and using Ellepots instead of Styroblocks at Pacific Northwest Nurseries. Finally, it includes the annual nursery seedling production report.

#NationalSeedLaboratory, #Reforestation

Tree Planters' Notes, spring 2024

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This biannual publication provides information about nurseries and nursery production, including seed sourcing, seedling care, and transplanting seedlings for reforestation and related activities. The spring 2024 issue includes articles about zinc deficiencies, seed transfer (loblolly pine, red spruce, and black cherry), increasing the scale of nursery production, and the impacts of climate change on nurseries.

#Reforestation, Nurseries, Genetic Resources

Reforestation project to restore Mexican spotted owl habitat, support tribal landscape initiative

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The Mexican spotted owl is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and is vulnerable to habitat loss from wildfire and climate change. The Globe Ranger District is reintroducing ponderosa pine trees within the Telegraph Fire burn scar to reestablish habitat for the…
#Reforestation, #HabitatRestoration

Now accepting reforestation proposals: Through July 20

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Forest Service is accepting reforestation proposals until July 20, 2024. Proposals can be submitted using the digital app.Any National Forest System unit can apply to the National Reforestation Partnership Program to receive funds for projects related to tree planting, seed orchards and nurseries.These funds come…
#Reforestation