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Chris Siems
    04/24/08 at 04:52 AM
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Our customers are the coolest people in the world.  From ecological restoration to wildlife habitat, from regenerating our high value hardwood timber resource to efforts to preserve and restore the American chestnut... our customers are amazing people doing amazing things.

We'll use this thread to chronicle some of the great projects our customers are working on.  Stay tuned!  Hopefully it would be a source of information and inspiration for your own projects.

Chris Siems
    04/24/08 at 04:16 PM
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Mr. Lee Wahlund of the Central Dakota Sportsmans Club stopped by today to pick up some weed mats & staples (and called later to order some treeshelters... thanks Lee!)
Lee has initiated a terrific program in his area: WAHLUND Youth Program (Wildlife and Habitat Land Use North Dakota - I like it!).  As young people complete their hunter safety program, WAHLUND then involves the kids in projects such as building wood duck boxes & duck hen houses, and participating in pheasant releases.  Participation in a habitat project would qualify kids for a pheasant or duck hunt, accompanied by a parent and mentor. The goal is to make their first hunting experience a quality experience.
Great work Lee!  If you are interested in supporting Lee in his efforts email us a info@plantra.com and we'll get you in touch.

chrissiems
    05/22/08 at 09:44 AM
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Another exciting project of our customers in Ohio is the transformation of a wasteland mine field into a restored American chestnut forest at Jockey Hollow Wildlife Management Area near Cadiz, Ohio.  Volunteers and a professor from the Ohio University planted 800 disease resistant American chestnut trees on 20-acres of reclaimed mine land.  These seeds and seedlings were properly planted and protected with Jump Start treeshelters on a nutrient-poor and acidic soil condition.  The land preparation technique these trees were planted into is referred to as "loose end dumping."  Click here to visit our website to view pictures of this great project http://www.jumpstartgt.com/OhioMineReclamation.html.
Chris Siems
    01/07/09 at 01:10 PM
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I have an updated link on that project in Ohio, where Plantra Tree Shelters are being used to reestablish American chestnut trees on reclaimed mine land at the Jockey Hollow Wildlife Management Area near Cadiz, Ohio. 
Photos are here: http://www.plantra.com/photogallery/ohiominereclamation.php


Chris Siems
    01/08/09 at 02:39 PM
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A highlight of the summer of 2008 was a Plantra staff "field trip" to visit Dr. Larry Severeid's tree farm outside of La Crosse, WI.  Larry has been a longtime friend & customer who is passionate about hardwood silviculture - from serving as president of the Walnut Council to working with USFS scientists to help develop blight resistant American chestnut and butternut trees.  It was a thrill to see trees that were started from direct seeded walnuts in treeshelters in 1991 now standing tall and straight, and to see new plantings of chestnut and butternut trees being evaluated for blight resistance - hopefully part of the plan to reestablish these amazing trees devastated by imported diseases.
For a great photo of Larry with 17 year old walnuts grown from seed, go here http://www.plantra.com/godirectseeding.php
For some terrific informaton about planting acorns, go here:
http://www.plantra.com/pdf/DirectSeedingbySevereid081023.pdf

 

Ed Cardinal
    03/14/09 at 08:28 AM
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I would like pricing on 5' tubes, 2bags of 50,& 6' bambo, 1bag of 100 with NWTF CHAPTER pricing. Thanks Ed

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