Restoration
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.
This webinar focuses on the Target Plant Concept, which incorporates five variables:
- Objectives and constraints
- Limiting factors on the outplanting site
- Stock type
- Source of plant material
- Outplanting and follow-up practices
All of the above variables should be considered determining factors for how, where, and when nursery stock are produced for restoration projects. This webinar was presented by Anthony S. Davis, Director, Center for Forest Nursery and Seedling Research, University of Idaho and Jeremy Pinto, Research Plant Physiologist, USFS RMRS.
This webinar with Clark Fleege, Nursery Manager at the USFS Lucky Peak Nursery, discusses all aspects of seedling production from seed collection to outplanting. The Lucky Peak Nursery has been producing dryland shrubs for restoration plantings on public lands throughout the Great Basin for almost 60 years.
In this webinar, Bryce Richardson, Research Geneticist, USFS RMRS, discusses the climatic considerations for sagebrush subspecies and what native plants could potentially fill the void left by sagebrush in the upcoming decades as parts of the Great Basin transition to Mojave desert. He also discusses how understanding the subspecies composition of seed used in restoration could aid in improving restoration outcomes.
This webinar presented by Holly Prendeville, Research Geneticist, USFS PNW, explains provisional and empirical seed zones using and discussing tools available that allow us to use seed zones to select genetically appropriate plant materials for restoration, which is goal one of the National Seed Strategy.