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Congratulations to Hayward Nursery Superintendent Gordy Christians who received Wisconsin DNR's Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Forestry Award!
Wisconsin's STATE NURSERY PROGRAM
A legislated surcharge on each seedling sold by Wisconsin's State Nursery Program allows LEAF to provide Wisconsin's K-12 students the most relevant and timely materials for teaching about forests and how the health of our forests is important to all of our lives.
The mission of the state nursery program is "to insure a consistent supply of high quality seedlings, of desirable forest species, at an economical price, to encourage reforestation in Wisconsin."Wisconsin’s forest nursery program has been a leader in
the stewardship of natural resources since 1911, producing over 1.5
billion tree and wildlife shrub seedlings.
Reforestation efforts utilizing state nursery stock have been instrumental in creating and enhancing the supply of raw material for the forest industry in Wisconsin. In addition, theses forests improve wildlife habitat, prevent soil erosion, conserve energy, and provide aesthetic beauty.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Division of Forestry currently operates three forest tree nurseries: the Wilson State Nursery in Boscobel; the Griffith State Nursery in Wisconsin Rapids; and the Hayward State Nursery in Hayward. Annually, between 18 and 20 million seedlings are produced for reforestation projects on state, county, industrial, and private lands. Partnerships and cooperative agreements have been built on the availability of high quality seedlings, economical seedling prices, known seed sources, and genetically superior nursery stock from the state nursery program. Purchasers of state nursery stock agree to use these trees only for reforestation, wildlife habitat, and erosion control purposes. The state nursery program is financially self-supported from the sale of trees and shrubs.
The state forest nurseries are open to visitors from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. School classes and other groups interested in tours of a nursery should contact the respective nursery manager in advance to make arrangements.
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Griffith State Nursery
473 Griffith Avenue Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 (715) 424-3700 |
Hayward State Nursery 16133 W. Nursery Rd. Hayward, WI 54843 (715) 634-2717 |
Wilson State Nursery Hwy. 133 East Box 305 Boscobel, WI 53805 (608) 375-4123 |
SEEDLING ORDERS
Visit the Wisconsin State Nursery Program's
TREE AND SHRUB SEEDLINGS ORDER website
and find out how you can order seedlings for your planting
projects. If you are interested in purchasing tree
seedlings, orders may be placed starting in October for
planting the following spring. They also manage the
4th Grade Arbor Day Seedling Sales program.