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Cal Forest Nurseries

Cal Forest Nurseries is the largest independent container reforestation nursery in the Pacific Northwest.

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Our Services

Seedling nursery

Cal Forest seedlings are grown under contract, with locally collected or improved orchard seed being provided by the purchaser of the seedlings. Seedlings are grown for one season in a facility designed and managed specifically to grow high quality conifer seedlings in containers for outplanting.

At the end of the season, seedlings are packed, put into cold storage, and ultimately shipped by refrigerated truck to customers for outplanting.

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Cone & seed

Under the Siskiyou Seed brand, Cal Forest offers comprehensive seed services, including processing, testing for purity, germination rate and moisture content as well as seed lot upgrading and long-term freezer storage. We also provide cone services including scouting, monitoring, and collection coordination. Annual cone collections are conducted to build and maintain our retail seed bank.

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Nursery Operations

We produce between 20-25 million conifer seedlings per year for private timber companies, non-industrial private landowners, indigenous communities, and public agencies throughout the western United States.

1978

year founded

471 million

trees grown

45+ years

of operation

20k bushels

annual cone processing capacity

About Cal Forest

Cal Forest Nurseries was established in 1978 in Covelo, California by Tom Jopson to grow conifer seedlings for reforestation. Tom grew 200,000 seedlings that first year. In 1988, the business was moved to Scott Valley in Siskiyou County in order to better serve the reforestation activities of its expanding customer base.

Since then, our production capacity has grown in step with our commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.

Ponderosa pine seedlings growing; aerial view of the greenhouses

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Who We Are

Meet our leadership team. They are supported by an exceptional group of individuals who care deeply about the important role Cal Forest plays in reforestation and the quality of the seedlings we produce.

Nik Larum
General Manager
Pieter Summs
Senior Horticulturist
Jaime Beltran
Head Grower
Juan Ramos
Assistant Head Grower
April Hicks
Production Manager
Toni Friden
Human Relations Business Partner
Styles Larsen
Senior Facility Manager
Sharon McBroom
Senior Seed Specialist
Maya Courts
Production Manager
Carol Lampert
Senior Staff Accountant
Bailey Kraft
Executive Assistant

Who We Serve

Cal Forest is proud to serve the reforestation and restoration interests of private timber companies, non-industrial private landowners, and public agencies across the Pacific Northwest and beyond, including:

  • Silver Butte Timber Co.
  • Colville confederated tribes
  • Sugar Pine Foundation
  • Lone Rock Resources
  • Jefferson Resource Company
  • Cascade Timber Consulting, Inc.
  • Cow Creek band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
  • Feather River Resource District
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  • United States Forest Service
  • Oregon Department of Forestry
  • Bureau of Land Management
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  • Lassen Fire Safe Council
  • FWS Forestry
  • Collins Pine Co.
  • Giustina Land & Timber Co.
  • Crane Mills
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  • Green Diamond Resource Co.
  • Trinity River Lumber Co.
  • Potlach Deltic Forest Holdings, Inc.
  • Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
  • Inland Empire Paper Company
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  • American Forests
  • W.M. Beaty & Associates, Inc.
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  • Josephine County, OR
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Reach out to start growing your seedlings.

Cal Forest Nurseries

P.O. Box 719

Etna, CA 96027

contact@calforest.com

For inquiries relating to Spec Seedlings sales please contact solutions@calforest.com

530.467.5211

Cal Forest Nurseries

1838 Eastside Road / PO Box 719

Etna, CA 96027

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