Maryland's 5 Million Tree Program - Ayton Nursery Production

The John S. Ayton State Tree Nursery produces millions of trees every year, overseeing them from seed to sapling, planting them, growing them, and then shipping them out.
The team there is filling orders for 2.75 million trees in 2024. These trees then go on to everyone from commercial contractors and individual homeowners. Many are also being planted as part of Maryland's 5 Million Tree Initiative, where they benefit projects for watershed protection, wildlife habitat, and stream buffer stabilization.

[@hardiness1]

Gee, this is wonderful! I only occasionally read the DNR newsletter, which is how I happened upon this. No doubt there are other restoration projects DNR has as well. I hope you have additional ways to let people know about these programs. People need hope that the State is doing so much to restore the environment, and that there excellent resources, such as the tree program, that they can use.

[@markjones5561]

thank you all for all your hard work. We've planted two and half thousand of your trees on our farms. They're doing great! :)

[@goldenacres3269]

It would be nice if you added a list of the species to the information below the video.

[@mmaykrantz1]

Great work. The Ocean City Airport just cleared 6+ acres of forested area behind my house. It's an open field and just dirt now. Is there a type of tree that the DNR provides which would work in this area and not grow very high? I'm doing some research to submit to them a proposal to replant this area. Thanks.

[@fishgutz4272]

Many of the tree in the "Do Not Disturb" part of our land are dead or dying. How can I legally have the dead trees removed and new trees planted? Most of the trees not in the DND zone are dead or sick and dying, Carpenter ants infested at least one of the dead trees.