Foresty Nursery Practices in Western Canada with Special Emphasis on the Province of British Columbia
In Canada, forest land ownership and management is largely under provincial jurisdiction, and forestry operations are mainly conducted on public land and not on private land. This public ownership has exerted a profound impact on the development of reforestation policies and nursery technology in Canada. Collectively, about 650 million seedlings are planted annually in Canada's forests. In excess of 90% of this production is grown as container seedlings, mostly by commercial nurseries. As most of my experience relates to the province of British Columbia (BC) in Canada, my presentation will largely focus on the nursery history in that province, especially as it relates to the development of container seedling technology and the introduction of private sector nursery production during the 1980s. Developments in the other western Canadian provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, were similar to those in BC, but they were generally smaller in scope and their impact on operational practices occurred later.
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Author(s): Evert Vaneerden
Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 2000
Event:
Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association Conference
2000 - Kona, HI
