Nursery Task Force update

Abstract

The Nursery Task Force was set up at the behest of the Southern Group of State Foresters in the late winter/spring of 2005. Its mission was to assess the condition of state nurseries across the South and to make recommendations to improve their viability. At the time, tree planting cost-share money was diminished; pulpwood prices were low; much of the Southeast had suffered from several dry years; and much of the marginal farm land had been planted during the Conservation Reserve Program. The net effect was that tree planting among non-industrial private landowners was out of favor. To make matters worse, state budgets across the South were universally tight. As a result of these factors, and possibly others, all of the state nursery programs in the South were suffering to one extent or another.

Citation

Pohl, Russ. 2007. Nursery Task Force update. In: Riley, L.E.; Dumroese, R.K.; Landis, T.D. National Proceedings: Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations - 2006. Proceedings RMRS-P-50. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 142-144