1982 PROGRESS REPORT for IFA-PNW COOPERATIVE TREE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 1982 PROGRESS REPORT FOR IFA-PNW COOPERATIVE TREE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS by Joe Wheat Industrial Forestry Association 135 Nisqually Cut-Off Road, SE Olympia, Washington 98503 Roy Silen Pacific NW Forest & Range Expt. Station 3200 Jefferson Way Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Printed by Industrial Forestry Association, 225 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205 Larry Gehrke, Printer OREG O N C OOP PROG RAMS '"'' DALLAS '"""' Cit/ du MEDF O RD •<t..;t. An WASHINGTON COOP PROGRAMS ,• S K A G I SN OQUALMIE HARBOR • C tbrfotr O WLI T Z T Summary by Program Page 26 with Breeding Parents Zones Seed Collected Test Sites s2ecies Coo2erators 7 4 401,000 103,000 2 1,169 Molalla * DF DF 1 375 9 Nehalem DF 5 396,370 3 509 3 Tillamook Snow Peak WR 5 150,000 1 330 13 DF 4 196,000 4 484 24 Dallas DF 6 175,300 2 513 20 Burnt Woods DF 4 162,000 1 462 8 Ump qua 3 573,000 4 197,000 5 2 1,681 Mapleton DF DF 456 40 17 Coquille Gold Beach DF DF 5 8 228,352 370,800 2 3 705 1,066 16 33 Powers CR DF 1 2 130,800 2 407 Medford DF 8 967. 000 19 77 16 Pro ram Vernonia Acres Established 16 1 48 Roseburg DF 8 1,390,600 18 4,098 4,775 Mid-Columbia DF 6 263,139 1 720 Cowlitz DF 561,850 5 1,377 19 NF' 6 3 108,340 1 334 10 DF NF 4 3 213,900 2 587 13 198,600 1 7 DF 401,036 3 330 762 Snoqualmie Skagit WR 4 2 Forks Port Gamble DF DF 3 1 72,000 60,000 Ryderwood Grays Harbor DF DF 1 5 WR 2 175 1 1 215 149 5 3 90,000 1 1 300 542 10 204,069 448 205 22 Springfield DF 4 2 192,000 1 2 Oakridge DF 2 359,000 2 600 4 8,165,156 90 23. 774 433 Total *DF = Douglas fir; WR = western hemlock; NF = noble fir; CR = coast redwood Page 27 Summary by Cooperator Parents with Test Plantations Seed Collected DF WH NF -- -- Established DF NF WH Coo:eerators Acres US Forest Service 2,810,629 11 6,705 100 91 4 Bureau of Land Mgt. 1,348,840 v OR State For. Dept. 634,000 10 5,215 54 88 74 21 2 3 ,/ Programs 478 ll 9 1,191 312,000 268,300 4 3 868 Champion Inter. 232,805 6 Scott Paper 202,000 Boise Cascade 190,830 1 6 Publishers Paper 180,000 177,200 5 618 123 375 72 6 595 175,785 163,000 3 1 453 636 28 6 ll 2 Roseburg Lumber BN Timberlands 153,700 3 3 5 22 2 140,100 357 467 109 Willamette Indust. ""Crown Zellerbach ITT-Rayonier 130,000 128,600 3 2 458 386 191 Barringer & Ass. Pope & Talbot 100,000 88,000 /international Paper Georgia-Pacific " v Longview Fibre St. Regis Menasha 74,000 66,890 308 27 2 75 24 869 150 100 ll 4 3 6 3 6 5 1 43 2 197 4 6 2 221 59,400 1 2 145 Quinault Indian Agnew Timber 56,769 1 136 151 55,600 1 184 6 Medford Corp. 46,000 6 45,000 1 1 193 Starker Forests 131 3 Giustina Bros 1 Sun Studs 42,000 37,852 105 178 SDS Lumber WA Dept. of Nat. Res. 31,700 31,256 1 Rellim Redwood 28,000 27,400 1 1 130 1 1 69 3 South Coast Lumber 21,000 18,000 1 60 Arcata Lumber 16,000 1 13,000 1 47 12 2 Pacific Denkmann 1 Murray Pacific ...- Stimson Lumber Josephine County Hampton Tree Farms 2 1 49 149 2 3 6 8 3 1 50 ll6 2 50 Davidson Industries 10,000 1 25 Merrill & Ring 10,000 1 33 Miami Corp. 10,000 1 30 Coos County 1 Simpson Timber 8,000 8,000 26 10 C & D Lumber UW-Pack Forest 6,000 4,000 1 1 20 11 1 Dead Indian SWC Crook Estate 3,500 1 23 26 1 (Contributions) ll 3 1 13 86 8,165,156 22,157 953 664 381 35 17 Page 4 VERNONIA Species: Douglas fir Breeding Zones: 2 Original program had only one breeding zone. Test data has separated the southwest Sunday Creek area from the remainder. Initiated: 1966 Crown Zellerbach made the first 309 parent-tree selections and cone collections in Oregon State Forestry Department and Longview Fibre joined the program in 1966. 1967, and each collected from 300 parents in 1968. International Paper bec_ame a member in late 1968 -- too late for cone collection. Stimson Lumber joined the program in the Sunday Creek Zone in 1980. Bureau of Land Management and Publishers Paper became members in 1981 with lands in the southeast. , Parents Test Plantations 85,000 309 3 115,000 100,000 300 300 3 Acres Cooperators Crown Zellerbach ,,,. OR State Forestry Dept. .., Longview Fibre International Paper 1' Stimson Lumber 31,000 32,000 .., Bureau of Land Management 18,000 .; Publishers Paper 20,000 90 80 401, 000 1,169 Total Progeny Testing: 90 3 3 4 16 Sowings for the original .program were made in the bare-root IFA Canby Nursery in 1967 (309 CZ parents) and 1969. (300 OSFD, 300 LF parents ) . Fifteen-year measurements were taken on. he C Z families i n 1981, and they are scheduled for OSFD and LF families in t fall of 1983. Genetic variation between Controlled crosses between superior parents parents has been shown to be large. are being used to upgrade the seed orchards. Stimson Lumber has established a progeny test for Sunday Creek with 4 plantations from a 1981 sowing. Bureau of Land Management and Publishers Paper plan to sow in 1984 for the southeast area, which had little coverage in the original program. Seed Orchards: Two seedling seed orchard blocks were started in 1974 from single­ pair matings of the original 909 parents made in 1971, 1973, and 1974. CZ has a The other 3 original 16-acre block at their Eola Hills Seed Orchard near Salem. Cooperators (OSFD, LF, .IP) are served by 41 acres at the state operated Ed Schroeder Seed Orchard near St. Paul. 39 bushels in 1982. This block produced 11 bushels of cones in 1980 and Stimson has been included with OSFD in a Sunday Creek block at Schroeder. BLM has plans for an independent orchard, and Publishers Paper will be provided room at the Schroeder Orchard. Page 5 Contact Men: Crown Zellerbach -- Rob Mangold Oregon State Forestry Dept. -- Jack Wanek Longview Fibre -- Bob Roth International Paper -- Jim Lander, Tim White Stimson Lumber -- Scott Schroeder, Margaret Barnett Bureau of Land Management -- Walt Gilde Publishers Paper -- Jim Wick, Jim Carr MOLALLA Species: Douglas fir Breeding Zone: Initiated: 1 (1000'-2500') 1968 • Cooperators Acres Test Parents Plantations Publishers Paper 32,000 120 3 Crown Zellerbach OR State Forestry Dept. 33,000 25,000 120 90 3 .,, Longview Fibre Total 13,000 103,000 45 375 2 1 9 Progeny Testing: Progeny-test sowing was in spring in 1969 at bare-root IFA Canby All 9 test plantations were established with 2-0 seedlings in the spring Nursery. of 1971. Ten-year measurements were taken after 1978 growing season, and 15-year will be due in the fall of 1983. Genetic variation is shown to be large both within and between local populations. Faster growing parents have been selected, crossed, and used to upgrade the several seed orchards. Seed Orchards: Single-pair matings of parent trees between 1971 and 1974 resulted in establishment of 2 seedling seed orchard blocks in 1976 -- one by CZ on 7 acres at Eola Hills Seed Orchard, and the other on a 14-acre block at Ed Schroeder Seed Orchard for the other 3 cooperators. First production for latter was 20 bushels of c-0nes in 1980, with a minor crop of 9 bushels in 1982. Clone Banks: Grafting on potted stock was done in the spring of 1981 for 2 clone banks of about 120 superior parent trees. CZ grafted at Wilsonville for their clone bank, and IFA grafted at Nisqually for a clone bank of 6 acres established in 1982 al: the Ed· Schroeder Seed· Orchard.