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Administration System
NSA is used by private and ministry nurseries, Nursery Services staff, Ministry
of Forests field services and BCTS staff to maintain information about
Ministry-funded seedlings while they are being grown in forest seedling nurseries
for reforestation. This information includes:
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Nursery and Request Key - Ministry-funded Request Key information downloaded
from SPAR including nursery where seedlings are currently growing
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Inventory - estimate of number of plantable seedlings to be lifted meeting
stock specifications
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Lift - actual number of seedlings meeting height and diameter specifications
being lifted for shipping
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Pesticide - pesticides which have been applied to growing seedlings or No
Pesticide Applied notification
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Shipping and Storage - after seedlings have been lifted, actual number of
seedlings shipped to various cold storage sites in the province; seedlings
are shipped to storage sites in the winter/spring season and directly to
agencies for reforestation in summer/fall
NSA is a java web application on the Ministry of Forests Oracle server in
Victoria. To connect use the link below.
http://apps19.for.gov.bc.ca/nsa/
If you require an NSA account set up, please fill out an NSA Access Request Form.
The following document outlines the changes included in the NSA and NSARPT release to production on March 28, 2008.
The NSA system receives its original database each year from SPAR after seedling
requests have been entered in the Seed Planning
and Registry system and assigned to nurseries. Seedling request
inventory and pesticide data is updated as seedlings grow at
private nurseries throughout the province. As seedlings
are lifted for each planting season, the shipping and storage data is maintained
so carton location of seedlings is known until seedlings are received for
planting.
NSA data is entered at Nursery and Nursery Services sites throughout the
province. Following are the access groups in NSA:
1) Nursery - data sampling to provide current quality control and seedling
inventory information; pesticide, shipping and storage information for seedlings
at private nurseries
2) Administration - Nursery Services sites maintain inventory, shipping and
storage information for seedlings at non-Ministry nurseries and cold storage
sites within the nursery administrative zone (coast, south and north)
3) Ministry View or Update - BCTS and Field
Services staff can view seedling, shipping and pesticide information
for all Ministry-funded request keys in the province.
The contact at Nursery Services Section, BC Timber Sales HQ is
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