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From page 66...
... CONCLUSIONS Conclusion 5-1: The historic complexity of land-management issues and interactions with federal and state governments and former Bureau of Indian Affairs policies associated with cultural assimilation have constrained all aspects of tribal land management including native plant needs and capacities. Conclusion 5-2: Tribal nurseries are producing plant materials for native plant programs, but the capacity of current nurseries, and interest of many tribes to establish nurseries, is resource limited relative to the needs for native plants among tribes.
From page 67...
... These include state and municipal-level programs, regional programs for seed development, national partnerships for strategies and seed collections, and partnerships for more effective usage of native seed. STATE AND MUNICIPAL-LEVEL PROGRAMS The longest-lived of these projects is Iowa Tallgrass Prairie Center, operating in some form for more than 30 years.
From page 68...
... She added that applied research is needed to refine methods and tools for practitioners and managers. Texas Native Seeds Program2 The Texas Native Seeds Program is a not-for-profit native plant seed development program that began as South Texas Natives in 2001, when the revegetation activities associated with the construction of the Interstate 69 highway project attracted the attention of local landowners concerned about non-native invasive plants.
From page 69...
... Each of these goals is being pursued through activities related to several subgoals and objectives that engage different stakeholders and partners. Each year the Nevada Department of Agriculture hosts a Nevada Native Seed Forum to bring producers, research, and land managers and other members of the Nevada Native Seed Partnership together to discuss restoration goals, technologies, and native seed production, fostering both unity and flexibility in the collective approach to the conservation of Nevada's natural heritage.
From page 70...
... ;14 and the California Native Seed Supply Collaborative.15 REGIONAL PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE SEED DEVELOPMENT Pacific Northwest Region The Pacific Northwest Region of the USFS (Region 6 of the service's nine regions) is situated across Oregon and Washington and includes 17 national forests, a national grassland, and other scenic lands.16 Within the region, the Service has developed programs to address all aspects of the seed supply chain.
From page 71...
... Its initiation was part of an interagency response to a 2000 congressional directive asking for a plan to develop a native seed supply for emergency stabilization and restoration. The Great Basin is an expansive swath of land that encompasses large portions of Nevada and Utah, and pieces of California, Idaho, Wyoming, and Oregon.
From page 72...
... with six nonfederal partners to perform collections under a common protocol and to store seed for research and working collections. The agreement formalized SOS as the national native seed collection program for conservation and restoration across the United States, with BLM's Plant Conservation and Restoration Program as the lead.
From page 73...
... Only a handful of federal native seed warehouses exist, and all are in the arid West. 22  See https://www.plantconservationalliance.org/sites/default/files/PCA%20NPGS%20-%20Native%20PGRs%20%2805-10-2021%29_1.
From page 74...
... over the next 5 years for the implementation of the Strategy, which may present an opportunity to begin to scale up the efforts currently under way. PARTNERSHIPS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE SEED USAGE In addition to buying and using native seed directly, the federal government also affects native seed sales and usage through its support of programs that encourage, fund, and guide native seed usage in the private sector and with state and tribal governments.
From page 75...
... The native species that are recommended and used in these mixes are typically based on native seed developed by the NRCS Plant Materials Centers (PMCs)
From page 76...
... The large, regional native plant materials development and restoration programs initiated in the West by BLM and USFS are broadly cooperative, and involve government at all levels, the tribes, colleges, nongovernmental organizations, and native seed producers. BLM established a national native seed collection program, in partnership with six nonfederal seed banks as the stewards of those collections.
From page 77...
... Conclusion 6-5: The ready availability of cooperative seed-cleaning facilities is important to encourage smallerscale producers to enter the native seed supply chain, especially in areas where commercial facilities do not exist, or are unwilling to clean native seed. Conclusion 6-6: Although the Conservation Reserve Program is not an ecosystem restoration program, the use of native seeds on private lands contributes to functioning ecosystems and plays a role in supporting the native seed supply.


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