田纳西州邀全州居民收集白橡子：白橡树恢复计划征集至 11 月 15 日
田纳西州农业部林业司（Division of Forestry）邀请全州居民参加田纳西白橡树倡议（Tennessee White Oak Initiative）的橡子收集活动，征集期持续至2026年11月15日。该计划由林业司下属的 East Tennessee Nursery、田纳西大学推广系统（University of Tennessee Extension）与田纳西林业协会合作开展，今年已进入第六年。
州林业官 Heather Slayton 表示，田纳西州森林中的白橡树再生数量已经下降，这项倡议是全州恢复白橡树种群的大规模努力的一部分，无论是否拥有林地，公众都可以参与收集橡子，为未来的森林巨树播下种子。位于 Polk County 的 East Tennessee Nursery 每年培育大量白橡树苗，是全州白橡树恢复的关键种源，但近年来种子供应商已无法满足苗圃的种子需求；该收集计划正是为补充苗圃种源而设，野生采集的种子还往往能育出品质更好、更粗壮的树苗。
有意参加的个人、公民组织、林业团体、土地所有者与青少年组织，可在田纳西林业协会的橡子收集网页了解收集、储存与递交方法，也可联系当地林业司地区林业员协助辨认树种。（GSM 据田纳西州农业部林业司发布与田纳西大学推广系统资料）
Tennesseans Invited to Collect White Oak Acorns for Reforestation Through November 15
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry is inviting residents statewide to take part in the Tennessee White Oak Initiative, a statewide acorn collection program running through November 15, 2026. The partnership, now in its sixth year, includes the Division's East Tennessee Nursery, the University of Tennessee Extension, and the Tennessee Forestry Association, and supports white oak forest regeneration across the state.
State Forester Heather Slayton said white oak regrowth has declined in Tennessee's forests and that the initiative is part of a large-scale effort to restore white oak populations, welcoming public participation whether or not participants own wooded land. Each year the East Tennessee Nursery in Polk County grows a large crop of white oak seedlings critical to restoration statewide, but in recent years seed suppliers have been unable to meet the nursery's volume needs; the collection program supplements that supply, and wild-collected seed also tends to yield higher-quality, larger, and stronger seedlings.
Individuals, civic organizations, forestry groups, landowners, and youth organizations can learn how to collect, store, and deliver acorns on the Tennessee Forestry Association's acorn collection webpage, or contact their local Division of Forestry area forester for help identifying the correct tree species. (GSM, based on Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry releases and University of Tennessee Extension materials)
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图片来源：图：白橡树的落叶与橡子（资料图）。照片：Dcrjsr，Wikimedia Commons（CC BY 3.0）。Fallen leaves and acorns of a white oak (file photo). Photo: Dcrjsr, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).
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