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A Brief History of Tree Planting in the South
70% of Tree Planting on Non-Industrial Private Forest Land Involves some form of cost share Agricultural Conservation Program 1936 to 1996 – 2.9 million acres ACP became EQIP in 1996.
Soil Bank Program 1956 to 1960 – 1.9 million acres Over 90% remained in trees many have been harvested and replanted.
Forestry Incentives Program 1974 to 2002 – 2.9 million acres Stewardship Incentive Program 1990 to 2002 – 250,000 acres Conservation Reserve Program 1985 to Present – 2.2 million acres Wetlands Reserve Program 1990 to Present – 1.2 million acres
Total Tree Planting in the South: 1925 – 2012
3000000
CRP
2500000
CRP 2
2000000 1500000
Soil Bank
503 acres 1st gen 1000000
CCC
500000 0
Conservation Reserve Program Acres Planted 1985 – 2011
Conservation Reserve Program – Hardwood Planting NRCS Hardwood Planting Practices: 3A Hardwood 22 Riparian Buffers 23 Wetland Restoration 31 Bottomland Hardwood
Forestry Incentive Program Acres Planted 1974 – 2002
Plantations in the South
46. 3 Million Acres including industry (NOT State or Fed)
42.8 Million Acres Pine 3.5 Million Acres Hardwood 30 Million Acres is Corporate (1985 Region 8 RPA summary ) 16 Million Acres is Non-Corporate (1985 Region 8 RPA summary ) 14 Million acres (approximately) from all conservation programs 30% of all Plantations 87% of all Non-Corporate Plantations !
9,0 8,0 7,0 6,0 5,0 4,0 3,0 2,0 1,0 0,0 1985 RPA DATA Pine Hdwd
3000000 2500000 2000000
State Nurseries and Total Tree Planting in the South: 1925 – 2013 42 State Nurseries CRP 25 State Nurseries 46 State Nurseries CRP 2 Soil Bank 16 State Nurseries
1500000
17 State Nurseries
503 acres 1st gen 1000000
CCC
500000 0
Southern State Forest Nurseries 1920 - 2012 Alabama
John R. Miller Nursery Jake Stauffer Nursery Edward A. Hauss Nursery
Arkansas
Bluff City Nursery
Bacum Nursery Louisiana
Alexander State Forest Nursery Oberlin Nursery Northwest Nursery Monroe Nursery
Columbia Nursery Beauregard Nursery South Carolina
Camden Nursery Georgetown Nursery Sumpter Nursery Tilghman Nursery Old Piedmont Nursery Coastal Nursery
Taylor Nursery
New Piedmont Nursery Rock Hill Nursery
Florida
Prison Farm Nursery Munson Nursery Harry Baker Nursery
M D Andrews Nursery
Herren Nursery
Mississippi
Mt. Olive Nursery Winona Nursery Waynesboro Nursery
Tennessee
Pinson Nursery
East Tennessee Nursery Georgia
Herty Nursery Davisboro Nursery Flowery Branch Hightower Nursery Horseshoe Bend Page-Walker Nursery Morgan Nursery
Flint River Nursery North Carolina
Griffith Nursery J.S. Holmes Nursery
Goldsboro Nursery
Ralph Edwards Nursery
Linville River Nursery Texas
Conroe Nursery Kirbyville Nursery Indian Mound Magnolia Springs
West Texas Nursery
Red indicates still in operation.
Kentucky
Pennyrile Nursery Louisville Nursery
John P. Rhody Nursery Morgan County Nursery Oklahoma
Stillwater Nursery
Forest Regeneration Center
Broken Bow Nursery Peary
Virginia
Charlottesville New Kent Forestry Center
Augusta Forestry Center Garland Gray Forestry Center
(16 state forest nurseries are currently operating in the South)
Conifer Seedling Production
1925 Seedling Production 16,100 State 9,611,700 Private 11,831,400 Industry 1,380,400 Federal
=> 22,839,600 934,745,000 <=
2012 Seedling Production 123,794,000 State 453,329,000 Private 357,622,000 Industry 0 Federal
Hardwood Seedling Production
1965 Hardwood Seedling Production State Nurseries 7,622,300 Industry Nurseries 1,684,000
Total 9,306,300
2012 Hardwood Seedling Production State Nurseries 15,154,000 Industry Nurseries 22,430,000
Total 37,584,000
Total Tree Planting in the South: 1925 – 2012
3 000 000 2 500 000 2 000 000 1 500 000 1 000 000 500 000 0
Tree Planting in the Southeast 1925 – 2012
Acres Planted 1925 - 2012 93,863,853 acres 1 square mile = 0.0015625
acres 93,863,853 X 0.0015625
146,662 146,662 sq. miles 93,863,853 acres Were Planted Between 1925 and 2012
Tree Planting in the Southeast 1925 – 2012
Acres Planted 1925 - 2012
SC 32,020 + GA 59,425 + AL 52419 = 143,864 146,662 square miles
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Tree Planting in the United States
This annual report was begun in 1952 by the Washington Office National Nursery Specialist.
The National Nursery Specialist position was eliminated during downsizing in the early 1990’s.
Bob Moulton an analyst in the Washington Office took over the Tree Planting Report.
In 1999 Bob Moulton retired and George Hernandez assumed the responsibly for producing the report.
In 2000 the Washington Office made the decision to discontinue producing the Tree Planting Report.
In 2002 the Auburn University Forest Nursery Management Cooperative issued their first Tree Planting in the South report.
In 2010 Forest Inventory and Analysis offered to provide funding to State & Private Forestry to produce a Tree Planting Report.
Hernandez assumed the responsibly for producing the Tree Planting in the United States report in 1999 in time to oversee it’s demise.
Sadly, this was not the first instance of an asset being considered outdated.
Georgia Forestry Commission Reforestation Report
• • • • The Southern Group of State Foresters agreed to collaboratively produce a report of the annual regeneration occurring across the South. The Georgia Forestry Commission volunteered to collate the data and produce the report. State forestry agencies compliance with the call for data was an issue from the beginning of this project and data quality was often challenged by state partners.
Participation by state partners was sporadic and eventually only a few state continued to provide the Georgia Forestry Commission with their data.
Auburn Seedling Production Survey Protocol
• The Auburn University Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative began a region-wide annual survey of Seedling Production. • Two page questionnaire sent in June to all available nursery addresses (220+/-) in 12 southern states. • Follow up telephone calls made to maximize participation and update addresses.
• Data from 50-60 nurseries annually.
• Compiled by State, Ownership, Species & Stock Type.
FIA/S&PF Seedling Production Survey Protocol
• • • • • • • In 2010, the FIA/Southern Region S&PF began a nation-wide annual survey of Seedling Production. Purdue University gathers data from 20 states in the Northeast University of Idaho gathers data from 17 states in the West Auburn University gathers data from 13 states in the South A questionnaire was sent in June 2011 to all nurseries listed in the USDA Forest Service Directory of Forest & Conservation Nurseries (220+/-) in all 50 states. Follow up emails, and telephone calls were made to non-responders to maximize participation and update addresses.
The data collected and compiled by State, and includes Ownership, Species Grown and Stock Type (bareroot or container).
Tree Planting Comparison by sub-Region, 2012
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
Tree Planting Trend in the South
Southeast South Central Total South Years
Nursery Production Compared with FIA Data by State, 2012
600,000 Nursery Production 500,000 FIA 5+ Years Average Annual 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC OK SC TN TX VA
Nursery Production Compared with FIA Data by sub-Region, 2012
1.8
Nursery Production
1.6
FIA 5+ Years Average Annual
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
Southeast South Central Total South
Seedling Production Comparison by sub-Region, 2012
800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
South Bareroot Container
100 90 30 20 10 0 80 70 60 50 40
Bareroot Container North Southeast South Central Total South Northeast North Central Total North
10 9 8 3 2 1 7 6 5 4
Rocky Mountain Bareroot Container Great Plains Inter- mountainTotal Rocky Mountain
100 90 80 30 20 10 0 70 60 50 40
West Bareroot Container Pacific Northwest Pacific Southwest Total Pacifc Coast
Seedling Production, North and Canada, 2012
70.0
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
Bareroot
North
Container Container (Canada) Northeast North Central Total North
C