State Game Commission won’t distribute seedlings

From staff reports

The state Game Commission announced Tuesday its Howard Nursery will not distribute seedlings as a result of mandatory closings and delays caused by COVID-19.

The nursery has provided over one million seedlings to Hunter Access Program cooperators who allow public hunting on their properties, the Seedlings for Schools program and public sales, the Game Commission said in a news release.

No seedling beds had been opened, and seedlings will remain in beds until next spring for 2021 distribution.

Over the next few weeks, nursery staff will contact those who ordered seedlings to provide refunds, which will be provided in the order in which they were received, the release said.

Seedlings for Schools orders also will be alerted through email in the same order requests were received.

The nursery is closed, the release said. Anyone placing a phone call is asked to leave a message.