National Proceedings: Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations-2011

Abstract

These proceedings are a compilation of 20 papers that were presented at the regional meetings of the forest and conservation nursery associations and the Intertribal Nursery Council meeting in the United States in 2011. The Joint Meeting of the Southern Forest Nursery Association and Northeastern Forest and Conservation Nursery Association was held at the Pullman Plaza Hotel, Huntington, WV, July 25 to 28, 2011. Subject matter for the technical sessions included history and current status of tree planting and nursery production, mine reclamation research and implementation, American chestnut restoration, and soil fumigation regulations and alternatives. Field trips included afternoon tours of the Kentucky Division of Forestry's Morgan County Tree Nursery in West Liberty, KY, and a mining site near Dunlow, Wayne County, WV. The Annual Meeting of the Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association was held at the Hilton Garden Inn Cherry Creek in Denver, CO on August 16 to 18, 2011. Subject matter for the technical sessions included development of local genotypes for native plants, marketing strategies, nursery techniques and products, restoration strategies, insect and disease management, and nursery phytosanitation. Afternoon field trips included tours of Denver Botanic Gardens and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, both in Denver, CO. The Intertribal Nursery Council Meeting was held at the Pechanga Casino, Temecula, CA on September 12 to 15, 2011. The meeting was hosted by the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians and USDA Forest Service. Subject matter for the technical sessions included propagation strategies for culturally important plant species, collaboration for conservation and education, seedling storage, and seed viability. Two short workshops on growing media and containers were also given. Field trips included an afternoon tour of the Pechanga Native Plant Nursery, with optional concurrent tours of the Cultural Resources Department, the Great Oak Tree, and the Cove Village. Additionally, there was an all-day field trip with tours of Mockingbird Nurseries, Inc., Indian Canyons - Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center, and the Palms to Pines Scenic Highway.

Titles contained within National Proceedings: Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations-2011

• A history of tree planting in West Virginia
• Historical periods of tree planting in the South
• Reforesting unused surface mined lands by replanting with native trees
• Evaluating reforestation success on a surface mine in eastern Kentucky
• Restoring the American chestnut tree
• Soil fumigation: The critical use exemption, quarantine pre-shipment rules, re-registration decision, and their effect on the 2012 growing season
• The history and future of methyl bromide alternatives in the southern United States
• Developing native plant nurseries in emerging market areas
• Roots of success: Marketing strategies for the 21st Century
• Using organic fertilizers in forest and native plant nurseries
• Applications of hydrogels in the nursery and during outplanting
• The state and challenges of conservation nurseries in Afghanistan
• Restoration potentials and challenges for Sphaeralcea munroana
• Eco-buffers: A high density agroforestry design using native species
• Tamarisk coalition - native riparian plant materials program
• Management implications of using tree shelters for restoration of high elevation spruce-fir forests in the Rocky Mountains
• Genetic and environmental influences on cold hardiness of native and introduced riparian trees
• Biology and control of Eriophyid mites with a case study of Aceria sp. on New Mexico olive (Forestiera pubescens Nutt. var. pubescens)
• Improving germination of red elm (Ulmus rubra), gray alder (Alnus incana), and buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis) seeds with gibberellic acid
• Perry Pinyon Pines Protection Project

Citation

Haase, D. L.; Pinto, J. R.; Riley, L. E., tech. coords. 2012. National Proceedings: Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations-2011. Proc. RMRS-P-68. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 112 p. Available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_p068.html.