Several College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment faculty work with the Nursery Cooperative in the establishment of research projects, technology transfer, and publications. The amount of time each allocates to Nursery Cooperative activities is related to their own discipline and interest in nursery work.
The Nursery Cooperative has one full-time Assistant Research Professor and one Research Assistant that help with planning and conducting field and laboratory research.
The Nursery Cooperative also employs one full-time Research Associate to assist in research and technology transfer programs including experiment layout, establishment, measurement, and statistical analysis.
An Outreach Assistant, that is shared half time with the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, assists in budgeting, meeting arrangements, newsletter publications, mass mailings, graphic design, and other outreach objectives. This position also helps to maintain an archive of Nursery Cooperative publications, the membership directory, and the website.