Saratoga Tree Nursery Administrative Records

Chronological.

The Bureau of Private Land Services assists non-public land owners through various technical assistance and consulting programs in such areas as the forest products industry, forest management, timber harvesting, forest products demonstration, and the Saratoga Tree Nursery. The Saratoga Tree Nursery was established in 1902 to produce tree and shrub seedlings for transplant to public and private lands in New York. At the present time, it particularly grows larch, white pine, Norway spruce, white spruce, highbush cranberry, toringo crabapple, autumn olive, rugosa rose, and silky dogwood species.

This series consists of microfilmed copies of the Saratoga Tree Nursery's genetic histories of trees grown at the nursery and subsequently transplanted in other locations. These records document the trees initially grown as seedlings at the nursery and subsequently distributed to public and private lands and landowners for conservation planting. The records show the genetic origin of the tree seedlings and the land-owner and location of their transplanting. The Saratoga Tree Nursery maintains one copy of the microfilm (approximately 100 rolls) at its Saratoga facility and a security copy at the DEC Albany office.

Microfilm: 100 rolls; 16 mm. Held by the Dept. of Environmental Conservation.

These records are physically maintained by the Bureau of Private Land services.

Restricted access: by appointment only.