THE AUTHORS 



RESEARCH SUMMARY 



STEPHEN E. McDONALD holds bachelors and masters 

 degrees in forest management from the University of 

 Idaho (1962, 1975) and a Ph.D. in forestry from Colorado 

 State University (1981). From 1962 to 1966, he worked on 

 the Clearwater National Forest in Idaho. From 1966 to 

 1975 he was stationed at the Coeur d'Alene Nursery, 

 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. From 1975 to 1980 he was western 

 nursery and greenhouse specialist for State and Private 

 Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Denver, Colo. Since 1980 

 he has been forestation and tree improvement specialist, 

 Cooperative Forestry, Washington, D.C. 



RAYMOND J. BOYD received a B.S. degree in general 

 sciences from Colorado State University in 1949 and his 

 master of forestry degree in 1951. From 1949 to 1953 he 

 did silvicultural research for the Rocky Mountain Forest 

 and Range Experiment Station. Since 1953 he has been 

 working on silviculture of the grand fir-cedar-hemlock 

 ecosystem at Moscow, Idaho. 



DONALD E. SEARS is a graduate of the forestry technol- 

 ogy course at North Idaho College. From 1969 to 1973 he 

 worked on administrative studies for the Coeur d'Alene 

 Nursery, USDA Forest Service, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Cur- 

 rently he is the biological technician for the container 

 greenhouse program at the nursery. 



In two studies in northern Idaho, Engelmann spruce, 

 lodgepole pine, and western larch nursery stock were 

 lifted and stored under a variety of regimes and planted 

 throughout the spring planting season. Lifting-storage 

 regimes included: (1) fall lifting and storage at 28° F 

 (-3° C) until planted; (2) spring lifting and storage at 34° 

 to 38° F (10° to 3° C) until planted; (3) spring lifting and 

 snow cache storage; and (4) spring lifting just prior to 

 planting. Planting date had the strongest influence on 

 survival and growth with early plantings performing bet- 

 ter than late plantings. Stock lifted in the fall and 

 stored at subfreezing temperatures survived and grew 

 as well or better than stock conventionally lifted and 

 stored, especially when planted late in the season. 

 Larch benefited most from fall lifting and overwinter 

 storage at subfreezing temperatures, followed by 

 spruce and lodgepole pine. Some fall lifting and over- 

 winter storage at 28° F is now a standard procedure at 

 the Coeur d'Alene Nursery. 



Cover Photo: The Coeur d'Alene Nursery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, as 

 it appeared when newly completed in 1963. This USDA Forest 

 Service Nursery is administratively attached to the Idaho 

 Panhandle National Forests and provides forest tree planting stock 

 to the National Forests of the Northern Rocky Mountains. The 

 Nursery has cooperated with the Intermountain Experiment Station 

 in many studies to improve nursery and reforestation methods. 



