[PCA] Intermountain Native Plant Summit (Nov 5-6; Boise, Idaho) - Free but pre-register now through Oct. 25

[De Angelis, Patricia]

Intermountain Native Plant Summit IX
(aka ‘Back 2 Boise’)
sponsored by the Boise State University Dept. of Biological Sciences
and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Logan, UT

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FREE OF CHARGE

Dates/Location:
Tuesday & Wednesday, November 5-6, 2019
Boise State University Student Union
Simplot Ballroom (2nd floor)
Boise, Idaho

PLEASE PRE_REGISTER:
There is no registration fee, but advance pre-registration (opening October
15-25) is preferred.
**Please e-mail kyle.forsyth at usda.gov with "INPS" in the subject line and
provide your name(s), mailing address, business, non-profit organization,
university, or government affiliation, city, state, zip code, and phone in
the body of the email.**

POSTER PRESENTATIONS/EXHIBITS:
Posterboards are available for display of research and plant material
development work pertinent to Intermountain native plants.  Poster
dimensions are four feet wide and three feet tall and may be affixed with
Velcro or push pins. Stand-alone commercial and non-commercial displays and
exhibits may also be displayed.
**Contact Tom at thomas.jones at usda.gov to reserve a posterboard slot
(please provide title) or space for a display or exhibit.**

**If you did not receive this email directly from Tom Jones, you may
request future INPS IX information as it becomes available by emailing
thomas.jones at usda.gov.**

TENTATIVE AGENDA

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 (AM)
WELCOME 8:30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
8:40  Brad Butterfield (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ):
Translating research into decision-support tools for restoration
practitioners
9:25  break

PLANT MATERIALS
9:40  Adrienne Pilmanis (BLM, Salt Lake City, UT): Colorado Plateau Native
Plant Program: Materials in development for anticipated restoration and
reclamation needs
10:00  Derek Tilley (NRCS, Aberdeen, ID): Curlycup gumweed: an overlooked
native forb for rangeland restoration

PLANT MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT
10:30  Fred Edwards (BLM, Reno, NV): Building the next generation of native
plant materials: merging ecology and agronomy
11:05  Tom Jones (ARS, Logan, UT): Recurrent selection as a tool for native
plant material development
11:20  stretch break

SEED ZONES
11:25  Michael Ottenlips (USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID):
Behind the seeds: collections that support climate-matched seed zone
development
11:40  Rob Massatti (USGS, Flagstaff, AZ): Seed transfer guidelines and
native plant materials development from a molecular perspective: progress
and quandaries on the Colorado Plateau
12:00  LUNCH BREAK


Tuesday, Nov. 5 (PM)

SEEDING DIVERSITY
1:30  Jeff Ott (USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID): Post-fire
seeding experiments with native seed mixes
2:00  Stella Copeland and Michelle Alden (ARS, Burns, OR): Patterns of forb
abundance and diversity across crested wheatgrass stands in eastern Oregon
2:30  Val Anderson (Brigham Young University, Provo, UT): Roughing up
smooth brome with native plants: dominant to subordinate in montane meadows
3:00 break

SAGEBRUSH
3:30  Matt Germino (USGS, Boise, ID): Adaptive variation in big sagebrush:
observations, experiments, and implications for common gardens and seed
selection
4:00  Marcelo Serpe (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Boise State University,
Boise, ID): Relative effects of herbivory and drought on first-year
survival of Artemisia tridentata seedlings
4:15  Kara Navock (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Boise State University,
Boise, ID): Towards a genomic model to predict drought tolerance in
sagebrush: is preventing embolisms a key adaptation?

4:30-5:30  POSTER SESSION
TITLES SUBMITTED TO DATE:
Michael Ottenlips: Convergent evolution among three alpine endemic Lomatium
(Apiaceae)
Corey Gucker: Biology, ecology, and use of forbs in restoration
Anne Halford: BLM West-Wide Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
Native Seed Production Contract - to procure and increase source-identified
seed via seed transfer zones at an ecoregional scale
Sean Finn: Integrating education and community service through restoration:
the Treasure Valley Native Plant Network
Kevin Connors: Development of North American forb plant materials for
rangeland revegetation and restoration
Tom Jones: Native grass plant materials developed at the USDA-ARS Forage &
Range Research Lab
Craig Rigby: Plant material testing for rangeland establishment
Kimberly Stocks: Behind the seeds: collections that support climate-matched
seed zone development
Kayla Herriman: Bend Seed Extractory: dedicated to seed
5:30 Everyone’s invited to dinner
Wednesday, Nov. 6 (AM)
WELCOME 8:30

OPENING SPEAKER
8:40  Daniel Winkler (USGS, Moab, UT): Restoration in the age of extremes:
adapting to change on our public lands

WEEDS AND FIRE
9:00  Steve Novak (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Boise State University,
Boise, ID): Genetic analysis of Ventenata dubia (Poaceae): reconstructing a
biological invasion
9:30  Ed Kleiner (Comstock Seed, Gardnerville, NV): The Canyon Creek Fire:
an urban fire restoration project in the Carson Valley, western Nevada
10:00  break

NATIVE GRASSES
10:30  Beth Fowers (U of Wyo., Sheridan, WY): Indaziflam (Esplanade)
effects on seed production for established perennial grasses
10:50  Erik Hamerlynck (ARS, Burns, OR): Reproductive photosynthesis of
sagebrush steppe bunchgrasses: what the villain teaches us about the good
guys
11:10  Tom Jones (ARS, Logan, UT): Physiological comparisons of some
Intermountain-native cool-season grasses used in rangeland restoration
11:40  LUNCH BREAK

Wednesday, Nov. 6 (PM)

URBAN LANDSCAPES
12:45  Richard Martinson (WinterCreek Environmental, Bend, OR): Using
native plants in urban landscapes: why is this important?
1:15  Richard Anderson (USU Botanical Center, Kaysville, UT): Native plant
collection and introduction for the landscape industry
1:45  Steve Love (University of Idaho, Aberdeen, ID): Ornamental value of
the genus Eriogonum
2:15  break
WORKSHOPS
2:30  Tom Jones, discussion leader: SELF-PERSPECTIVE OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN
NATIVE SEED INDUSTRY
3:30  break
3:40  Tom Jones (grasses) and Derek Tilley (forbs), discussion leaders:
SPECIES-BY-SPECIES PLANT MATERIALS

5:00  ADJOURN
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