[SOS-PCA] Training: SOS Course

[Haidet, Margaret (Megan)]

*Seed Collection for Conservation and  Restoration (Seeds of Success
1730-06)*

*May 1**6-17,  *Boise ID

(with an *optional field trip on Thursday 5/18 *to the OSU Malheur
Experimental Station in Ontario, OR​)

This 2 day course will provide a history of the Native Plant Materials
Development Program (NPMDP) and teach the Seeds of Success (SOS) protocol
for collection, shipping, and storage of native wildland seed collections.
Material covered includes the development of a targeted species list, seed
sampling strategies, field preparedness, a native plant taxonomy review,​
evaluat​ing seed ripeness, collecting voucher specimens, post-collection
seed care and restoration and rehabilitation concepts​.  A field component
will reinforce classroom discussion topics.

You may sign up for the course via DOI Learn (http://www.doi.gov/doilearn/i
ndex.cfm). If you have any questions or difficulty signing up, please
contact training coordinator Lori Young (602-906-5640, lyoung at blm.gov).

Megan Haidet
Seeds of Success
National Collection Curator
202-912-7233

*PLANTS ARE NATURE*
www.blm.gov/sos
www.blm.gov/seedstrategy
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