In the 1930s, mules helped harvest seedlings at what is now the George O. White State Forest Nursery near Licking. This picture dates to 1937. Today modern machinery helps the Missouri Department of Conservation nursery allocate more than two million trees for public and private needs across the state. Credit: Missouri Department of Conservation

TREE PRODUCER

Nursery at Licking prepares to celebrate its 90th anniversary of providing trees

In 1934, the outlook for Missouri’s forests was glum. Thanks, in part, to nine decades of tree production at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) George O. White State Forest Nursery near Licking, the state’s forestry situation is much better today.

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