Restoration
Meeting presentations.
Presentations in pdf format from the 2017 winter meetings and workshops focused on the difficulties facing the restoration/rehabilitation of Great Basin rangelands.
Presentations and posters.
Pdf format of speaker presentations and posters are available for this forum, which was held to advance the next step of conservation for bi-state sage-grouse populations by prioritization and implementation of large-scale projects through recently committed funding and collaboration between federal and state agencies, NGOs, and private land owners.
Access presentations
Video recordings from the International Sage-Grouse Forum in Salt Lake City are free, but there is a registration process.
In this webinar, Kayla Herriman and Sarah Garvin, USFS Region 6 Bend Seed Extractory, OR, discuss wildland seed collection and extraction in the Great Basin.
Seed zones: Development and use, procurement and deployment, and provisional zones for native plants
This webinar discusses the development and use of seed zones, use of seed zones in the procurement and deployment of native plant materials, and provisional seed zones for native plants. Presenters were: Brad St. Clair, Research Geneticist, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station, Vicky Erikson, Geneticist, USFS Pacific Northwest Region, and Andy Bower, Geneticist, USFS Olympic National Forest.
This webinar discusses the procurement and application of native plant material in the BLM and the use of provisional seed zones as a purchase stipulation.
In this webinar, Bruce Roundy, Plant Ecologist at Brigham Young University, discusses vegetation restoration in response to piñon and juniper control treatments.
In this webinar, Jeff Ott, Research Geneticist and Steve Monsen, Botanist with the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station discuss methods for large-scale restoration following fire in the Great Basin and aerial seeding and broadcast seeding methods.
In this webinar, Kent McAdoo, Rangeland Resources Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, discusses strategies for increasing native plant diversity in crested wheatgrass seedings.
In this webinar, Jerry Benson, President, BFI Native Seeds, discusses the context and tools of assisted succession.