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The Finish Line: Post-Planting Activities Improve Reforestation Success

Post-planting activities are not able to remedy major missteps during the reforestation process. They are, however, an important tool to improve seedling vigor and survival in many situations and can have significant long-term impacts on the success and cost effectiveness of reforestation programs. With increasing reforestation challenges for land managers across the West due to invasive weed communities, drought, and other impacts driven by climate change, proactively planned post-planting activities will need to become a standard consideration for reforestation programs. Furthermore, improved reforestation success through the use of post-planting activities will help alleviate seed and nursery capacity constraints for many forest management organizations in the Western United States. This paper was presented at The Reforestation Pipeline in the Western United States–Joint Annual Meeting of the Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association, the Intertribal Nursery Council, and the Intermountain Container Seedling Growers Association (Missoula, MT, September 27–29, 2022).


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Author(s): Florian Deisenhofer

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 66, Number 1 (2023)

Volume: 66

Number: 1