B.E. Ștefănești. The Ștefănești resort was established based on the Order of the D.G.G.S. no. 786792A/1954.

For the optimal development of the research activity, the resort was equipped with a material base totaling 490.53 ha of forest land, located in the north-eastern part of the city of Bucharest, in Ștefăneşti village and Voluntari city.

In accordance with the previously mentioned establishment order, the forest fund was declared a scientific reserve of the I.C.A.S., the arboretum being an object of study and experimentation for the forestry research activity.

The scientific research activity in the Ștefănești Resort had, in accordance with Law 2/1976, as priority objectives: the improvement of oak, the management of oak forests, the restoration of forests degraded by sky and hedgerows, the mechanization of forestry works in the plain area, the management of forests of social interest and pheasant selection and breeding.

B.E. Cornetu. The II Cornetu production unit originates from what were once Codrii Vlăsiai.

In 1957, the Cornetu Forestry Research Station was established with a unique profile in the field of improvement, culture and protection of poplars and willows.

In 1976, new changes were made in the profile of the resort based on Law 2/1976, through which research on wickerwork, forest protection and energetic phytomass was carried out. .

In 1986, the selection and culture of pedunculated oak was established as the main profile of the resort.

B.E. Tulcea. The production unit I Gara Codru was established following Protocol no. 2257/13.07.1988 according to ISJ Tulcea Order no. 2650/29.06.1988 by which it was transferred from the Babadag Forestry Circle to the I.C.A.S. Resort. Tulcea 471.9 ha, as follows:

-303.6 ha of U.P. III Babadag;

-168.3 ha of U.P. IV Coder.

That surface oscillated between I.C.A.S. and R.N.P. – ROMSILVA through the Tulcea Forestry Directorate between 2002-2005. In 2005, steps were taken to return the respective surface from the Silvica Tulcea Directorate to I.C.A.S.

B.E. Bărăgan. The Bărăgan resort was created in 1945, having as its research profile the assortment of species, afforestation schemes, installation and management techniques, protection works in the steppe and forest-steppe of the Eastern Romanian Plain, located between the Danube, Mostiștea, Subcarpathia and Siret. However, the first crops were made in 1943, before the official establishment of the resort.

Order 19/1962 of the M.E.F. profiles the scientific activity of the research station on the cultivation and expansion of resinous trees in the steppe, a profile that was later completed with research on the intensive forest culture (with irrigation and fertilization) of the forest fund in the steppe.

Law 2/1976 channels the profile of the research activity on problems regarding the restoration of degraded forests of brumaria oak and acacia in the resorts with low precipitation.

The Experimentation-Production Station is a subunit similar to a forest district having in its structure: the Ștefănești Experimental Base; Cornetu Experimental Base; Bărăgan Experimental Base; Tulcea Experimental Base.  

The staff structure of the resort is as follows:Ștefănești Experimental Base: 3 posts with higher education, 1 post with secondary education, 1 post with basic studies (forestry school); Cornetu Experimental Base: 1 post with higher education, 1 post with basic studies (forestry school; Bărăgan Experimental Base: 1 post with higher education, 2 posts with secondary education, 1 post with basic studies (forestry school);Tulcea Experimental Base: 1 post with basic studies (forestry school).  

The Ștefănești Experimentation-Production Station, through the bases it manages, ensures:

• sustainable management of the forest fund and application of research results;
• carrying out experiments according to the data received from the specialized collectives;
• woody mass (1.2 thousand m3/year), ornamental saplings, saplings from indigenous forest species, game, etc.

Infrastructure:

• apparatus and instruments for investigations and measurements;
• systematic network for monitoring the state of health of the Ștefănești Forest;
• Vaisala weather station integrated into the ANM network;
• evaluation station of greenhouse gas flows, at the level of the Ștefănești Forest;
• active monitor for measuring tropospheric O₃;
• automatic sensors for monitoring soil temperature and humidity;
• automatic sensors for monitoring the sap circuit in the trunk, in the pedunculated oak species;
• 1 intensive monitoring surface.

Experimentation-production services

• 3 nurseries intended for the production of forest and ornamental saplings, with a total area of 70.90 ha (Voluntari 58.79 ha, Cornetu 3.58 ha, Baragan 8.53 ha)
• 2 Scots pine plantations with an area of 5.11 ha

Address Eroilor Bulevard, No. 128, Voluntari, county Ilfov, zip code 077190 See map Phone 0722.741.083; 0744.650.986  E-mail pepiniera.stefanesti@icas.ro  Station Director Eng. Fălan Victor victor.falan@icas.ro  Acquisition Vîrban Ionuț – Responsable with acquisitions ionut.virban@icas.ro

Bărăgan Experimentation Base Address Comuna Perișoru, county Călărași, zip code 917195 See map Phone 0242-530300  E-mail baragan@icas.ro  Chef Engeneer Bărăgan Experimentation Base Eng. Lazăr Marian marian.lazăr@icas.ro  Accountant Verdeș Adrian – Economist adrian.verdes@icas.ro  Acquisitions Vîrban Ionuț – Responsable with acquisitions ionut.virban@icas.ro