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Soil and Stock Management Practices At the Hayward Forest Nursery

This nursery was established in the northwestern part of Wisconsin by the Forest Service, Region 9, 35 years ago. It was operated by the USDA Forest Service until 1945 when it was subleased to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources which presently operates it. Under the management of the two agencies, the nursery has supplied close to 150 million seedlings and 50 million transplants, a volume that has replanted some 150,000 acres. The larger part of the produced nursery stock is now forming the young forests of the formerly called Bayfield Barrens" of the Chequamegon National Forest, and of the fluvial deposits of the Wisconsin State Brule Forest. The Hayward site was chosen in 1935 after rejection of five other potential locations by Forest Supervisor Van Giesen and Professor Wilde. The site of about 120 acres was not without shortcomings, but fulfilled most of the requirements: it had a level topography, light sandy loam soil, available labor, nearby deposits of peat; it was located near a town, at a crossroad of several hard surface highways, and on the bank of the crystalclear Namekagon River.


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Author(s): John E. Borkenhagen

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 22, Number 3 (1971)

Volume: 22

Number: 3