[PCA] Economic Competitiveness of Natives

[Lisa Tasker]

Mary

I so appreciate and agree with your comments.  I believe you are thinking of
Steven Whisenant's book:  "Repairing Damaged Wildlands, A Process-Oriented,
Landscape-Scale Approach" which is also excellent in providing an
international perspective to our approaches here.

Lisa Tasker

em ecological, LLC
Carbondale, CO  81623


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From: native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org
[mailto:native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of
Anderson, Mary C Civ AFSPC/A7CV
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:46 PM
To: Steve Erickson; Megan_Haidet at fws.gov
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Subject: Re: [PCA] Economic Competitiveness of Natives

Steve, I somewhat disagree with you on the using native is more
expensive.... It really depends on what type of restoration you are
doing and if you can use local native plant material.  For example, when
I had a small consulting company in eastern Washington State I did a lot
of riparian habitat restoration for salmon -- great fun!!!  Collected
and used only local native trees and shrubs as live stakes and fascines;
hand collected seeds from local grasses and forbes (yes, this took a bit
of time but well worth it). I also used a regional seed producer for a
special seed mix for my region -- not that much more than crested
wheatgrass seed.  If you are going to take the time and effort to do
habitat restoration then take the money to do it right.  If funding is
tight (and it is everywhere), try a phased approach -- remember the
habitat degradation didn't occur overnight so the restoration doesn't
need to either....

I think the key for restoration is -- use local whenever possible.  Also
if you go with the premise for restoration of -- "fix" the systems that
are broke -- bad soil, hydrology, invasive species, etc.  Then whatever
you plant will have a much better chance of surviving.  I'll see if I
can find the book I have from a professor from Texas A&M that wrote
about this theory for Arid rangeland restoration.  

MARY ANDERSON
HQ AFSPC/A7CVP
150 VANDENBERG ST, STE 1105
PETERSON AFB CO  80917-4150
719-554-5034 OR DSN 692-XXXX
FAX XXX-3849
mary.anderson at peterson.af.mil

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org] On Behalf Of
Steve Erickson
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:08 AM
To: Megan_Haidet at fws.gov
Cc: native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org
Subject: Re: [PCA] Economic Competitiveness of Natives

I don;'t know of any formal evaluation, but my experience is
that that using native species in the context of performing
ecological restoration is always more expensive. Of course,
using exotics for restoration is an oxymoron. If your talking
about the relative cost on a per plant basis (for both seeds
and plants), natives are more expensive.
-Steve
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> Greetings,
> 
> I am interested in the cost competitiveness of native plant
species used 
> for restoration.  If anyone has information on environmental
valuation 
> of 
> natives, cost-benefit analysis of natives vs. non-natives, or
other 
> related topics please contact me directly.
> 
> Thank you,
> Megan
> 
> 
> 
> Megan Haidet
> Communications Coordinator
> Plant Conservation Alliance 
> US Fish & Wildlife Service
> 4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 750
> Arlington, VA  22203
> Phone: 703.358.2120
> Fax: 703.358.2276
> megan_haidet at fws.gov
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