<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Last year the Great Basin Fire Science Exchange produced a webinar series based on the goals of the National Seed Strategy. Below are 2 of those presentations that relate to SOS program goals. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Producing native plant materials: ten rules to collect and maintain genetic diversity</u></font><br clear="all"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default">Using genetically diverse, ecologically appropriate native plant material in restoration is important to recover ecosystems and support long-term persistence in the face of changing environments. However, genetic loss or change can all-too-easily occur during all steps of the native plant materials production process. Andrea Kramer, Conservation Scientist, Chicago Botanic Garden, describes each potential production step where genetic diversity can be lost and outline 10 rules to assist in the collection and production of native plant material for restoration, providing justification for, and examples of why, each rule is important.<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhPp1Ne7jSI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=JhPp1Ne7jSI</a></font></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Selection of genetically appropriate plant materials for increase</u><br></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Goal one of the National Seed Strategy is to have available and use genetically appropriate seed for restoration. Holly Prendeville, Research Geneticist, USFS PNW, Corvallis, Oregon, explains provisional and empirical seed zones and discusses tools available that allow us to use seed zones to select genetically appropriate plant materials for restoration.<br></font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGg1eJBJXso" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=iGg1eJBJXso</a></font></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It was great meeting so many of you at the SOS training in Boise and the Chicago Botanic Garden!</span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Happy seed collecting!</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><div class="gmail-m_-422900274437398108gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d">Lindsey Riibe</font><div><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Bureau of Land Management</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation Program Assistant</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><font color="#0c343d">503-808-6230</font></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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