Philip M. McDonald Gary O. Fiddler Us Department of Agriculture
In the late 1970s, the outlook for conifer seedlings in new plantations in the Western United States was dismal-too many were dying or growing below the potential of the site. This situation was untenable, and a large study aimed at increasing the survival and growth of planted conifer seedlings was implemented. This was the National Administrative Study on Vegetation Management of which the California portion is reported here. This "study" was really a program on plantation release with 32 individual studies that resulted in more than 60 publications over a 25-year timeframe. The authors...
In the late 1970s, the outlook for conifer seedlings in new plantations in the Western United States was dismal-too many were dying or growing below t...
