[PCA] ARTICLE: Restoring the West’s Burned Rangeland, With Seeds and a Pasta Machine

Leah Prescott lprescott at blm.gov
Wed Jul 18 13:01:15 CDT 2018


From: The New York Times, July 17, 2018
By: Kirk Johnson <http://www.nytimes.com/by/kirk-johnson>

"In a little government building on eastern Oregon’s high desert, a
restaurant-grade pasta machine spits out sagebrush and grass seed
tortellini. Odd, perhaps, but scientists are into it. They put a mixture of
compounds into the machine along with the seeds, and pods or pellets come
out."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/us/west-wildfires-rangeland-sagebrush.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=28&pgtype=sectionfront

-- 
Leah Prescott
Bureau of Land Management
Plant Conservation & Restoration Program
Data Coordinator
202-912-7232

National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
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