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Authors:
Kayri Havens
Publication Date:
2021
Abstract/Summary:
The U.S. National Seed Strategy for Restoration and Rehabilitation, released in 2015, fosters interagency collaboration between federal agencies related to the acquisition and use of native seed for restoration. The Seed Strategy was drafted by the Plant Conservation Alliance, a group of 12 federal agencies and 399 non-federal cooperators. The first of the four goals in the Seed Strategy is to identify and quantify seed need and availability in the U.S. Federal agencies often turn to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) for impartial scientific advice to inform policy-making. The Bureau of Land Management asked NASEM to conduct a national assessment to improve efforts to increase the diversity and quantity of native seeds in the marketplace, which are often in short supply, particularly in bad fire years. In 2020 NASEM released their interim report describing the structure of the supply chain, factors increasing the need for native seed, and plans for gathering additional data about drivers of purchasing choices and capacity of the native seed market. The major findings will be reviewed in this presentation, including observations that there is often minimal overlap between the seed that is desired and the seed that is available for restoration, and that seed choices do not always support restoration success and outcomes do not always inform choices.
Resource Type:
Conference Presentation, SER2021
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SER2021The U.S. National Seed Strategy for Restoration and Rehabilitation, released in 2015, fosters interagency collaboration between federal agencies related to the acquisition and use of native seed for restoration. The Seed Strategy was drafted by the Plant Conservation Alliance, a group of 12 federal agencies and 399 non-federal cooperators. The first of the four goals in the Seed Strategy is to identify and quantify seed need and availability in the U.S. Federal agencies often turn to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) for impartial scientific advice to inform policy-making. The Bureau of Land Management asked NASEM to conduct a national assessment to improve efforts to increase the diversity and quantity of native seeds in the marketplace, which are often in short supply, particularly in bad fire years. In 2020 NASEM released their interim report describing the structure of the supply chain, factors increasing the need for native seed, and plans for gathering additional data about drivers of purchasing choices and capacity of the native seed market. The major findings will be reviewed in this presentation, including observations that there is often minimal overlap between the seed that is desired and the seed that is available for restoration, and that seed choices do not always support restoration success and outcomes do not always inform choices.