About the Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program
The Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program is a cooperative tree
breeding project founded in 1969 with the objective of providing the best
genetic quality seed for use in forest regeneration programs in the Western
Gulf Region of the United States. Current members include five states and
11 industrial members collectively responsible for planting 300,000,000
seedlings per year. The cooperative is preserving and improving populations
of five southern pine species and several hardwood species.
Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program Membership
Arkansas Forestry Commission
Arkansas Forestry Commission
Pine Program
Boise Cascade Company
The Bosch Nursery, Inc.
Champion International Corporation
Deltic Timber Company, Inc.
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
International Paper Company
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
Mississippi Forestry Commission
Oklahoma Forestry Services
Potlatch Corporation
Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation
Texas Forest Service
Weyerhaeuser Company
Willamette Industries, Inc.
Hardwood Program
Champion International
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Mississippi Forestry Commission
Potlatch Corporation
Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation
Texas Forest Service