At a meeting of the Senior Field Research staff, the decision was made to concentrate on the lowlands and foothills area of Lesotho because this is where most of the tree planting activities are taking place today and where most have occurred in the past. Lesotho Woodlot Project sites (now Forest Reserves) were divided into arbitrary size categories - small, medium, and large - and sorted by type of land allocated for tree planting. Research sites were then selected in Leribe (Thaba Phatsoa, ha Rakoro, Tsikoane) and Maseru Districts (ha Ralejoe and Morija). The original site of tree planting in Lesotho, Morija, was included for historical reasons.

Field Work Sites