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Trees: ‘A lot of people got
burned in the last decade’
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In terms of supply, the shortage isn’t so
severe that retailers will end up with empty
tree lots, said Betty Malone, co-owner of
Sunrise Tree Farm near Philomath.
“I think everybody will get something,
just maybe not the species or size they
want,” Malone said.
Much of the is shortage was caused by
farmers getting out of the tree business
during the recent glut, which suppressed
prices, she said.
Between 2010 and 2015, the number of
Christmas tree growers dropped more than
30 percent, from 699 to 485, according to
Oregon Department of Agriculture data.
Fewer trees
Tree sales in Oregon plummeted 26 per-
cent during that time, from 6.4 million trees
to 4.7 million trees, according to a survey by
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National
Agricultural Statistics Service.
Meanwhile farmers were planting fewer
trees than they were selling.
About 3.7 million trees were planted
in 2015, down from 5.6 million in 2010,
according to the statistics service.
“A lot of people got burned in the last
decade,” said Casey Grogan, whose family
owns Silver Bells Christmas Tree Farm near
Silverton.
Planting Christmas trees has also
appealed to fewer farmers due to growth
in alternative crops, such as hazelnuts and
grape vines, Grogan said.
Grogan said he is worried that high
prices could push some consumers toward
artifi cial trees, but he said growers need to
recoup years of losses.
“There’s ground to make up fi nancially
for people who stuck it out through the over-
supply,” he said. “We need higher prices to
stay in the game.”
Drakes Crossing Christmas Trees, which
also grows seedlings, is cautiously increas-
ing production as the industry’s fi nancial out-
look improves, said Jan Hupp, its manager.
“We’re not going whole hog, but we are
doing it,” Hupp said.
With few seedlings in the pipeline, it’s
unlikely the Christmas tree industry will
face another major surplus until 2025, he
said.
However, the industry will likely again
swing into overproduction eventually, Hupp
said.
“Name a single commodity crop that
doesn’t have a cycle like that,” he said.
“It’s going to be good for a while, but not
forever.”
Land conservancy to
hold one-day tree sale
Buying tree supports
restoration goals
By LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Dreaming of a “green”
Christmas? The North Coast Land Conser-
vancy is selling trees from Boneyard Ridge
Habitat Reserve 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 4.
“The trees look really beautiful,” the con-
servancy’s Stewardship Director Melissa
Reich said. “It will be a cool opportunity for
people who want to feel good about where
their trees come from this holiday season.”
The trees will be from a stand of young
fi rs that the conservancy is thinning to create
a healthy forest on Boneyard Ridge. The prop-
erty, acquired by the conservancy in July, is a
former commercial tree farm.
“They planted to maximize timber produc-
tion,” Reich said. “Our goal is to create an old -
growth forest in the future. We need to thin the
trees down so that they will grow faster and
not compete with each other.”
After the holidays, the conservancy requests
that people return their Boneyard Ridge trees
to the Circle Creek Conservation Center. The
returned trees will be placed in waterways at
Boneyard Ridge or Circle Creek, where they
will serve as refuge for juvenile coho salmon
and contribute to the food chain for coho and
other wildlife.
“We’re doing large-scale restoration on
Circle Creek so we can add them to the creek
or some of the off-channel wetlands,” Reich
said. “It helps create more structure and shade,
and the nutrients break down. It’s good for
amphibians and fi sh.”
The conservancy requests a donation of
$100 for each tree. These donations and the
trees’ eventual use as habitat will help support
the conservancy’s restoration work.
Trees will be sold at the conservancy’s Cir-
cle Creek Conservation Center in Seaside .
Most trees are noble fi rs, about 5 feet tall or
higher, with sturdy branches and an airy struc-
ture. Some grand fi rs may be available. Trees
will be freshly cut the previous day, and it is
encouraged to come early for the best selection.
Circle Creek Conservation Center is at the
end of Rippet Road in Seaside , on the west
side of U.S. 101, one-seventh of a mile north
of the junction with U.S. 26. Follow the road
west and north a short distance, passing a
gravel quarry on your left, to where it ends at
the big barn.
Workers load Christmas trees onto a truck at Noble Mountain Tree Farm near Salem in this file photo. Farmers are reporting a tree shortage that has driven up prices this year.
Mateusz Perkowski/Capital Press
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