Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, July 24, 2026 – Jalisco’s largest state-run forest nursery is sending 60,000 young pine trees into restoration projects this rainy season, while a newly completed expansion could raise annual production to 100,000 native plants in 2027.
The trees were cultivated at the FIPRODEFO nursery in La Chamacuera, a 26-hectare property in Zapotlán el Grande that has operated for more than two decades. The nursery is managed by the Fideicomiso para la Administración del Programa de Desarrollo Forestal del Estado de Jalisco.
The largest allocation will go to the Meseta de Tapalpa, which is receiving 40,000 trees after forest pests damaged parts of the mountain region in recent years. Another 13,000 are headed to the Bosque La Primavera protected area, 5,000 to Sierra de Quila and 2,000 to smaller properties and producers, Radio Universidad de Guadalajara reported.
State officials did not identify the locations receiving the final 2,000 trees. Puerto Vallarta and the Costa Norte were not named among the principal destinations announced this season.
That omission is notable given the scale of recent fire damage along the coast. Preliminary figures reported in May 2025 showed more than 13,000 hectares burned across coastal Jalisco, with Cabo Corrientes recording the largest affected area. The nursery announcement did not say whether coastal restoration projects could receive plants in a later distribution round.
The 2025–2026 crop consists of three native pine species known scientifically as Pinus douglasiana, Pinus oocarpa and Pinus devoniana. Species and seed sources are matched with the ecosystems where the trees will eventually be planted, rather than being distributed as a general reforestation supply.
FIPRODEFO maintains a clonal bank containing genetic material collected from 100 selected Pinus douglasiana trees across Jalisco. Grafted material is moved into a seed orchard, where cones are harvested before opening and dried so workers can extract and select the seeds.
Seeds are placed in reusable growing tubes in October. The seedlings remain under nursery care about 10 months and reach planting size in July, placing their distribution within Jalisco’s rainy season. Biological controls are used in place of pesticides, according to the nursery.
The expansion doubled the nursery’s controlled production space from 1,300 to 2,600 square meters. A second shade structure added capacity equivalent to 50,000 trees, although production will increase in stages. The next cycle’s target is 70,000 plants, below the eventual 100,000-plant capacity projected in 2027.
The state committed 4.5 million pesos across two years to the expansion. A 2.4-million-peso allocation in 2025 paid toward the second production structure, 70 growing-tube tables, 40,000 tubes, a 100,000-liter water-storage system, production supplies and additional nursery labor.
Another 2.1 million pesos approved in 2026 covers 55 more tables, 25,000 tubes, solar panels, seed refrigeration, irrigation equipment, shade material and additional staffing, according to the Jalisco government’s project announcement.
The money came through the Jalisco Environmental Protection Fund, known as FEPAJ, using revenue connected to the state’s vehicle-emissions inspection program. This links part of the inspection system’s proceeds directly to forest restoration infrastructure rather than limiting the spending to emissions testing operations.
Daniel Graf Pérez, director of natural resources at Jalisco’s Environment and Territorial Development Secretariat, said plants produced through the nursery’s genetic-selection system have recorded survival rates above 80 percent in Sierra de Quila restoration work.
