National proceedings: forest and conservation nursery associations-1999, 2000, and 2001

Abstract

The National Proceedings contains articles presented at regional meetings during 1999, 2000, and 2001. 1999: The joint meeting of the Northeastern and Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations was held at the Gateway Conference Center in Ames, Iowa, on July 12-15. Hosts were the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Cascade Forestry Nursery, and the USDA Forest Service. The meeting theme was Nursery Challenges for the New Millennium. Morning technical sessions were followed by afternoon tours of the Pioneer Seed Biotechnology Labs, the Bear Creek Riparian Buffer Project area, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources nursery. 2000: The Southern Forest Nursery Association conference, Growing Green in the New Millennium, was held June 26-29 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in the historic district of Mobile, Alabama. The meeting, Growing Green in the New Millennium, was hosted by the Alabama Forestry Commission. Technical sessions were followed by tours of the E.A. Hauss Nursery in Atmore and the Knud Nielson Company in Evergreen. The Northeastern Nursery Conference was held at the House on the Rock Resort in Spring Green, Wisconsin, on July 5-8. The meeting, Nurseries for the Future, was hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Nursery Association. In addition to the technical sessions, participants toured the Wilson State Nursery. Members of the Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association conducted their meeting August 22-25 at the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The meeting was hosted by the Hawaii Department of Forestry and Wildlife. Technical presentations covered operational nursery practices from around the world. Tours included the native plant nursery at Volcanoes National Park and the Kamuela State Forest Nursery. 2001: Toftrees Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania, was the site for the Northeastern Nursery Conference held July 23-26. The meeting, Sustainable Nurseries-Sustainable Forests, was hosted by Penn Nursery. The Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association conducted their meeting July 30-August 3 at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. The meeting was hosted by the Colorado State Forest Service and tours included the BIA Southern Ute Forest Nursery and Mesa Verde National Park.

Titles contained within National proceedings: forest and conservation nursery associations-1999, 2000, and 2001

• The Cascade Forestry Service Nursery
• Installing a practical research project and interpreting research results
• Using electrolyte leakage tests to determine lifting windows and detect tissue damage
• The science and application of forest carbon projects
• Root production method system
• Using soil test results to determine fertilizer applications
• Fertilizer application equipment for bareroot and container nurseries
• Douglas-fir container stock grown with fertilizer-amended media: Some preliminary results
• Plant materials for riparian revegetation
• The IR-4 Program - how it can benefit nurseries
• Something new - the Native Plants Journal
• Towner State Nursery weed control program for field-grown conifer nursery stock
• Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry weed control program
• Use of the Geographic Information System (GIS) in nurseries
• Global Positioning System (GPS): Current status and possible nursery uses
• Rocky Mountain juniper study: Preliminary results
• Chloropicrin, EPTC, and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for managing soilborne pests in pine nurseries
• Seedling production and pest problems at a South Georgia nursery
• Fungi associated with longleaf pine containers before and after cleaning
• A comparison of bareroot and containerized seedling production
• Operational rooted cuttings in southern pines
• Strategic plans for the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center
• Trends in nursery research and production
• Comparison of tillage equipment for improving soil conditions and root health in bareroot nurseries
• Slow release fertilizers in bareroot nurseries
• Red oak propagation at the Griffith State Nursery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
• Tree planting incentive programs: How you can make these programs work for you
• Menominee Tribal Enterprises forest regeneration efforts
• The Minnesota Tree Improvement Cooperative
• Opening remarks presented to the Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association Conference
• Developing microbial inoculants for native Hawaiian trees
• Nursery practices in western Canada
• Nursery practices and research in Ontario
• Forest nursery history in western Canada with special emphasis on the province of British Columbia
• Chemical root pruning of conifer seedlings in Mexico
• Clonal propagation of eucalyptus in Brazilian nurseries
• Nursery practices with exotic conifers in Patagonia, Argentina, and some reasons to afforest the region with these species
• Slash X Honduras Caribbean pine hybrids: An overview of nursery production systems in Southeast Queensland, Australia
• Nursery and afforestation practices in Inner Mongolia, China
• George O. White State Park Forest Nursery - Licking, Missouri
• Seed enhancement/upgrading techniques: Read the seed
• Fall versus spring transplanting of container seedlings: A comparison of seedling morphology
• Approach and rationale to developing an IPM program: Examples of insect management in British Columbia reforestation nurseries
• Mycorrhizal fungi and trees - a successful reforestation alternative for mineland reclamation
• Forest nursery pest management in Cuba
• Forest nursery management in Chile
• Around the world nursery inoculations and conifer establishment using Rhizopogon mycorrhizal fungi
• Forest seedling production in Israel
• Propagation of dry tropical forest trees in Mexico
• Pesticides used in forest nursery management in the United States and the impact of the Food Quality Protection Act and other regulatory actions
• Determination of the season-acclimation of photosynthetic apparatus by heat-induced changes in chlorophyll fluorescence
• Effect of different forms of fungal biopreparation for increasing quality of Picea obovata seedlings
• Propagation of tidal marsh species native to the San Francisco Bay
• Native plant propagation and habitat restoration at Hakalau Forest National Wildlie Refuge, Hawaii
• Propagating hardwood seedlings in Louisiana
• Nursery practices in Sweden
• The Federal Forest Stewardship Program and its implications for sustainable forestry on private forest ownerships in the United States
• A tour of forest nurseries in the Pacific Islands of Micronesia and American Samoa
• Propagating native plants at the National Tropical Botanical Garden
• Use of a beneficial strain of Trichoderma to protect Pinus sylvestris seedlings
• Forest nurseries in Venezuela: Current efforts and future perspectives
• Uses of the Westrup brush machine
• Riparian restoration in the Southwest: Species selection, propagation, planting methods, and case studies
• Outplanting long tubes with the expandable stinger: A new treatment for riparian restoration
• Restoration of riparian areas within the Megram Fire
• Nursery practices in Tennessee
• Quantity-based versus quality-based pricing: Developing the niche pine seedling
• Forest nursery production in the United Kingdom: Case study Maelor Nurseries Ltd.
• Slow-release fertilizers 101
• Percussion as an alternative scarification for New Mexico locust and black locust seeds
• Influence of site preparation and stock size on the establishment of Arizona cypress plantings in the Middle Rio Grande Region
• Trees are the solution to wastewater treatment for small communities
• Native Americans and their plants: Linking the past with the future
• Naturally occurring plants used on the Hopi Indian Reservation for medicine and food
• The 'Ahakhav Native Plant Nursery on the Colorado River Indian Reservation: Growing trees and shrubs for southwest restoration
• Red Lake Forestry Greenhouse Program
• Design and layout of a small commercial greenhouse operation
• Mapuche medicinal plants: Proposition in their propagation
• Effects of phosphorus and nitrogen manipulations on tallgrass prairie restoration

Citation

Dumroese, R. K.; Riley, L. E.; Landis, T. D., technical coordinators. 2002. National proceedings: forest and conservation nursery associations-1999, 2000, and 2001. Proceedings RMRS-P-24. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 403 p.