Скачать или смотреть Need for Seed: A Strategy for the Northeast - Part 1

Speakers:

Dr. Patricia DeAngelis - Botanist, US Fish & Wildlife Service-Division of Scientific Authority
Chair, Plant Conservation Alliance-Federal Committee

Eve Allen - Program Director, Ecological Health Network

Native Plant Trust plans to serve as a New England seed hub by coordinating a regional native seed network focused on the management of the region’s seed resources. Our mission calls for the use of seed-grown native plants in both nursery production and habitat restoration, and to achieve this we must increase seed availability, expand our seed facilities, and share our expertise in all aspects of processing, banking, and propagation. We aim to convene a network of seed producers by making use of seed increase plots (founder plots) that promote genetic diversity. By helping to build a native seed pipeline, we can increase the native seeds and plants available for ecological restoration that are of local provenance and are not clones of plants from elsewhere in the country that may not thrive in the local soil and climate. Native Plant Trust's long-term objectives are to protect wild populations from overharvesting, to provide ecologically valuable seed and plant material, and to bank seed for the future.