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About Cal Forest

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

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Customers Served

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

40 years

of operation

20k bushels

annual processing capacity

Cal Forest Then and Now

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.

Our seedlings up close and personal and at a bird's eye view.

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
April Hicks
Production Manager
Carson Herold
Regional Seed Project Manager
Hunter Stone
Seed Processing Assistant

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Incense Cedar (Calocedrus)
Lebanese Cedar (Cedrus libani)
Port Orford Cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Alaskan Yellow Cedar (Cupressus nootkatensis)
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
Baker Cypress (Cupressus bakeri)
Sargent’s Cypress (Cupressus sargentii)
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 

Bigcone Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga macrocarpa)

Red Fir (Abies magnifica)
White Fir (Abies concolor)

Noble Fir (Abies procera)

Pacific Silver Fir (Abies amabilis)

Subalipine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa)
Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
Western Larch (Larix occidentalis)
Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
Coulter Pine (Pinus coulteri)
Knobcone Pine (Pinus attenuate)
Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana)
Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi)
Monterrey Pine (Pinus radiata)
Stone Pine (Pinus pinea)
Western White Pine (Pinus monticola)
Giant Sequoia (Sequoia giganteum)
Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)
Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
Brewer Spruce (Picea breweriana)
Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii)

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
  • Cow Creek band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
  • Feather River Resource District
  • Eco Forest Management
  • United States Forest Service
  • Oregon Department of Forestry
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Hearst Corporation
  • Lassen Fire Safe Council
  • FWS Forestry
  • Collins Pine Co.
  • Giustina Land & Timber Co.
  • Crane Mills
  • Manulife
  • Green Diamond Resource Co.
  • Trinity River Lumber Co.
  • Potlach Deltic Forest Holdings, Inc.
  • Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
  • Inland Empire Paper Company
  • Campbell global
  • Murphy
  • American Forests
  • W.M. Beaty & Associates, Inc.
  • Chinook Forest Management
  • Josephine County, OR