Tree Planting
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Earth Day, Tree Planting and Park Clean-Up Event
Celebrate Earth Day at High Cliff State Park!
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Seedling Price List
For 2025 ordering season prices, please refer to the seedling ordering page. The prices are also listed in the online ordering application and the final page of the paper ordering form.
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Tree Seedlings Still Available For Spring 2022
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is still accepting orders for the remaining tree seedlings to be planted this spring.
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Arbor Day Free Seedlings for Fourth Graders
Arbor Day is a holiday during which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. The holiday originated in Nebraska in 1872 but is now celebrated nationally and in many other countries. Wisconsin’s Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday…
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Tree and Shrub Application Ordering Instructions
To order via our paper form, download the form [PDF], complete it and mail it with your payment. Incomplete forms will be returned.
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Nursery Seedling Stock Descriptions
The Wisconsin DNR’s Reforestation Program nursery grades and sells trees by age class. Trees are graded, using minimum size specification selected for each species, with the stem and root quality taken into consideration. Because of this, seedling…
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Planting for wildlife habitat
Landowners can attract a variety of wildlife to their property by planting a mixture of conifers, hardwoods and shrubs. The Woody Cover for Wildlife [PDF] publication is available for landowners to determine how to best provide for wildlife.…
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The Wisconsin Forest Tree Improvement Program
The Wisconsin forest tree improvement program is a long-term collaborative effort between the Division of Forestry and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology.
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Tree planting tips
Seedling handling Reforestation surveys indicate that the most common problems facing seedling survival are moisture stress, poor handling and physical damage before planting. From the time seedlings are lifted from the nursery bed to the time…
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Reforestation Supplies
Listed below are several methods for protecting and caring for tree plantings. Shelters Shelters protect trees from animal browse and improve initial height growth by creating a "greenhouse" effect. They make seedlings easier to locate and protect…