[SOS-PCA] Release: "Making Progress", the first progress report on The National Seed Strategy

[plant at plantconservation.org]

The Plant Conservation Alliance is pleased to announce the release the  
first Progress Report on The National Seed Strategy, Making Progress.  
Online copies can be found at PlantConservationAlliance.org/Resources  
and blm.gov/SeedStrategy

The National Seed Strategy fosters interagency collaboration to guide  
the development, availability, and use of seed needed for timely and  
effective restoration. Success on a national scale will be achieved  
through coordinated nationwide networks of native seed collectors,  
farmers and growers working to develop seed, nurseries and seed  
storage facilities to supply adequate quantities of appropriate seed,  
and restoration ecologists who know how to put the right seed in the  
right place at the right time.

Making Progress is a collection of these collaborative efforts and  
successes. This document highlights over 160 projects and the work  
being done to address each goal of the Seed Strategy, followed by  
ecoregional projects that illustrate the extent of collaborations that  
are underway to lay the foundation for a more comprehensive network of  
collectors, testers, and growers to make native plants more available  
across the country.

The Strategy and Making Progress was developed through the Plant  
Conservation Alliance including the Federal Committee, chaired by the  
Bureau of Land Management with representatives from 12 federal  
agencies: Department of the Interior (BLM, Bureau of Indian Affairs,  
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey and the  
National Park Service); Department of Agriculture (Agricultural  
Research Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Natural  
Resources Conservation Service, and U.S. Forest Service); Department  
of Transportation (Federal Highway Administration); the Smithsonian  
Institution; the U.S. Botanic Garden; as well as over 370 partners  
within the Non-Federal Committee, chaired by Chicago Botanic Garden.