A general view of the J.W. Toumey Nursery on August 24, 2024, in Watersmeet, Michigan.
The J.W. Toumey Nursery is a Forest Service Nursery and is part of the Ottawa National Forest. Established in 1935 in response to a growing need for tree seedlings. It was named in honor of professor, James W. Toumey, who was an internationally known authority on forest seedings at the Yale School of Forestry. The purpose of the nursery is to provide locally adapted plants and seed for reforestation projects, provide an assured source of desirable species and stock types for restoring native ecosystems, and maintain the agency’s position as a conservation leader.
Today, Toumey provides many services for the National Forests in the Northeastern region. The fields grow approximately 12 million seedlings during the summer and around 4 million are lifted each year, then shipped to the Forests. The greenhouses produce another 600,000 plants, which are sent out every year. Toumey grows native trees, shrubs, grasses, forbs, and herbaceous plants in the field and in greenhouses. They also extract and clean seed, that is collected from the region it serves.
Toumey Nursery is the last remaining Forest Service nursery in the Eastern U.S. and serves the National Forests in the Northeastern region. In addition to the Ottawa, J.W. Toumey Nursery also provides seedlings and seed to many of the other National Forests in the Eastern Region. (USDA Forest Service video by Marc J. Sanchez)
| Date Taken: | 08.24.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 09.02.2025 09:11 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 975399 |
| VIRIN: | 240824-O-RE705-2487 |
| Filename: | DOD_111262807 |
| Length: | 00:03:36 |
| Location: | WATERSMEET, MICHIGAN, US |
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