This multi-faceted project involves red oak direct seeding, black walnut tree planting, and release of natural oak regeneration at the Mt. Hope Recreation Area in Grant County, Wisconsin. The forester planted 16,000 red oak acorns, 1600 walnut seedlings, and released 3250 red oak, white oak, and black cherry seedlings.
June 2011 project manager report – The walnut trees average 2 feet in height but some are taller than 3 feet. The oaks and the cherry trees in the release site are still only about one and one half ft tall on average. In the oak direct seeding area, the seedlings were already six inches high before the spring flush, and the planted oaks are averaging 18 inches tall. On the release site, there is an average of more than three thousand seedlings per acre. Burdock and eastern tent caterpillar are an issue on the property this year. The direct seeding site did not result in as many seedlings as the forester had hoped, so she planted additional red oak seedlings this spring.
This project is proudly funded by all Hardwood Forestry Fund members.
- Project Type: tree planting, direct seeding, release
- Project Initiation Date: 2009
- Location: Mt. Hope Recreation Area , WI
- Number of Trees: 10,183
- Number of Acres: 5
- Tree Species: red oak, black walnut, white oak, black cherry
- Project Partner: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Hardwood Forestry Fund Projects (1990 – Fall 1999)
Number |
Location |
State |
Species |
Number trees |
1 |
BSA Camp, Galesburg |
IL |
black walnut |
500 |
2 |
Harrison-Crawford S.F. |
IN |
oak, ash, walnut |
7,010 |
3 |
Allegheny N.F. |
PA |
red oak |
5,000 |
4 |
Wildlife Prairie Park |
IL |
ash, butternut, chestnut |
4,750 |
5 |
Stehpens State Forest |
IA |
ash, red oak, poplar |
22,400 |
6 |
Saint-Laurent Park, Montreal, Canada |
Gum |
100 |
|
7 |
El Chore Forest Reserve, Bolivia |
mahogany, freijo |
20,000 |
|
8 |
Daniel Boone N. F. |
KY |
red oak, white oak |
2,500 |
9 |
Harrison-Crawford S.F. |
IN |
Chestnut |
200 |
10 |
Sproul State Forest |
PA |
Oak |
5,000 |
11 |
Loess Hill State Forest |
IA |
red oak, white oak |
21,000 |
12 |
Daniel Boone N. F. |
KY |
red oak |
5,100 |
13 |
Zaleski State Forest |
OH |
red oak, white oak, ash |
400 |
14 |
Oregon State University |
OR |
maple, cherry, chestnut |
2,720 |
15 |
Michaux State Forest |
PA |
red oak |
3,000 |
16 |
Kettle Moraine S.F. |
WI |
red oak |
18,000 |
17 |
Richland Comm. Forest |
WI |
red oak, white oak, ash |
5,000 |
18 |
Stephens State Foerst |
IA |
red oak, white oak, ash |
28,000 |
19 |
Parc Felix Leclerc, Montreal, Canada |
ash, maple, oak |
10,000 |
|
20 |
Indian Communities, Bolivia |
Pao ferro |
1,111 |
|
21 |
Southeast Purdue Ag Ctr |
IN |
white oak, walnut |
10,000 |
22 |
Loess Hills Forest |
IA |
ash, maple, red oak |
29,040 |
23 |
Sproul State Forest |
PA |
ash, cherry, red oak |
9,300 |
24 |
Michaux State Forest |
PA |
black oak, red oak |
1,800 |
25 |
Harrison Forest |
OH |
ash, red oak, white oak |
2,800 |
26 |
Gifford State Forest |
OH |
ash, butternut, blackhaw |
6,000 |
27 |
Lower WI State Riverway |
WI |
red oak |
6,000 |
28 |
Middlegrove Seed Orchard |
NY |
Butternut |
250 |
29 |
Belterra, Santarem, Brazil |
Cerebo |
1,000 |
|
30 |
Batou Pierre Wildlife Mgmt Area |
LA |
water oak, nutall oak |
47,916 |
31 |
Kettle Moraine S.F. |
WI |
white oak, red oak |
12,600 |
32 |
WJTY Radio Station |
WI |
walnut, red oak, white oak |
4,300 |
33 |
Hancock Seed Orchard |
VT |
Butternut |
300 |
34 |
Duboise |
IN |
red oak, white oak, black oak |
600 |
35 |
Sproul State Forest |
PA |
red oak, black oak, white oak |
3,000 |
36 |
USDA Forest Research Station |
WI |
red oak |
800 |
37 |
Kettle Moraine S.F. |
WI |
red oak, white oak |
20,000 |
38 |
Daniel Boone N. F. |
KY |
red oak |
11,000 |
39 |
Sproul State Forest |
PA |
red oak, black cherry, white oak |
3,000 |
40 |
Perry State Forest |
OH |
red oak |
5,000 |
41 |
Maumee State Foerst |
OH |
red oak, white oak, butternut |
5,440 |
42 |
Moshanna State Forest |
PA |
chestnut |
500 |
43 |
Jefferson National Forest |
VA |
green ash, black cherry |
800 |
44 |
Jax-Washington State Forest |
IN |
red oak, black walnut, white oak |
17,000 |
45 |
Tri-Valley Wildlife Area |
OH |
white oak, red oak, pin oak |
8,000 |
46 |
Prairie Creek Park |
IN |
black walnut, white ash |
2,800 |
47 |
Little Walnut Creek Conservancy |
IN |
red oak, white oak, green ash |
10,000 |
48 |
Schenck Educational Foerst |
NC |
white oak, chestnut oak |
2,622 |
49 |
Cloquet Forestry Center |
MN |
Basswood |
1,500 |
50 |
Mountain Lake Conservancy |
VA |
red oak, white oak |
157 |
51 |
Chattahoochee Nat’l Forest |
GA |
white oak |
1,000 |
52 |
Hill Forest, Schenck Forest |
NC |
red oak |
1,000 |
53 |
Perry State Forest |
OH |
tulip poplar, red oak |
3,000 |
54 |
Oneida, Forest, Vilas Counties |
WI |
red oak, white oak, yellow birch |
25,000 |
55 |
Hill Demonstration Forest |
NC |
red oak, black oak, white oak |
9,000 |
56 |
LLELA, Denton County |
TX |
shumard oak, bur oak, ash |
11,000 |
57 |
Tri-Valley Wildlife Area |
OH |
white oak, red oak, pin oak |
24,000 |
58 |
Jax-Washington State Forest |
IN |
red oak, black walnut, white oak |
4,350 |
59 |
Bangwe Village, Kigoma, Tanzania, Africa |
mahogany, teak |
10,000 |
|
60 |
Sproul State Forest |
PA |
red oak, black cherry, white oak |
4,000 |
61 |
Clinton County |
PA |
red oak, black cherry |
5,000 |
62 |
Putnam County |
IN |
white ash, tulip poplar, white oak |
10,000 |
63 |
McClure Ridge, Clinton County |
PA |
red oak |
10,000 |
64 |
I- 64 Right of Way |
IN |
black oak, black gum, white oak |
6,000 |
65 |
Gladden Timber Tract |
IN |
yellow poplar, white ash |
13,500 |
67 |
Perry State Forest |
OH |
red oak, tulip poplar |
4,000 |
68 |
Washington County |
IN |
black walnut |
6,200 |
69 |
Howard Cherry BSA Reservation |
IA |
white oak, red oak, walnut |
5,550 |
70 |
LLELA, Denton County |
TX |
shumard oak, bur oak |
11,840 |
71 |
Short Mtn Wildlife Mgmt Area |
WV |
red oak |
3,340 |
72 |
Sleepy Creek Wildlife Mgmt Area |
WV |
red oak |
3,340 |
73 |
Vallonia Seedling Nursery |
IN |
black walnut, black oak, red oak |
17,300 |
74 |
Sproul State Forest |
PA |
red oak, black cherry, white oak |
5,000 |
Total Trees |
578,736 |