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BLM Plant Conservation Program: Its Role in Sage Grouse Conservation
Peggy OlwellBLM Plant Conservation Program LeadColorado Plateau Native Plant Program Meeting April 8, 2014
Overview
• Native Plant Materials Development Program
• Sagebrush for Conserving Sage- Grouse• Climate Change• Interagency Seed Summit• 3rd National Seed Conference (planning
stages)
FY2001 House Appropriations Conference Report Language
“The managers direct the agencies to develop a long-term program to manage and supply native plant materials for use in various Federal land management restoration and rehabilitation needs. The managers recommend that the interagency native plant conservation initiative lead this effort.”
Native Plant Materials Development ProgramFunding committed by DOI/BLMFY2001 – FY2014 ~$70 Million
• BLM Field Offices• Chicago Botanic Garden Interns• USDA FS Bend Seed Extractory• USDA ARS Western Plant
Introduction Station• USDA ARS National Center for
Genetic Resources Preservation• Smithsonian Institution
• USGS Colorado Plateau Research Station• Great Basin Native Plant Project• USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station• University of Idaho• University of Nevada-Reno• OSU Malheur Experiment Station• University of Utah Rio Mesa Center• University of Wyoming
BLM Seed Warehouse System• Boise Regional Seed Warehouse• Ely Regional Seed WarehouseOther Partner Seed Warehouses
• BLM Public Land• Institute for Applied
Ecology• Truax Company, Inc.
NRCS Plant Materials Centers• Palmer PMC (AK) • Tucson PMC (AZ)• Lockeford PMC (CA)• Upper Colorado PMC• Aberdeen PMC (ID)• Bridger PMC (MT)• Los Lunas PMC (NM)• Great Basin PMC (NV)• Corvallis PMC (OR)• Pullman PMC (WA)GrowersSpecial K Ranch
• Growers• State Seed Certifying Agencies
Seeds of Success Collections by REA 2001-2014
REA Collection Count
Central Basin and Range 1546
Chihuahuan Desert 273
Colorado Plateau 789
Madrean Archipelago 170
Middle Rockies 114
Mojave Basin and Range 625
North Slope 45
Northern Great Basin 1104
Northwestern Great Plains 127
Seward Peninsula 123
Sonoran Desert 272
Southern Great Plains 240
Wyoming Basin 622
State Collection Count
Alaska 614
Arizona 749
California 2277
Colorado 887
Idaho 623
Montana 94
Nevada 1528
New Mexico 367
Oregon 1974
Utah 1521
Washington 243
Wyoming 768
Seeds of Success Collections By State 2001-2014
2012 Wildfires in Sage-Grouse Habitat
• 2 million acres of Sage-Grouse habitat burned
• Only 400,000 acres rehabilitated
• 1.6 million acres remain to be rehabilitated
Wyoming Big Sagebrush from 13 Locations Planted in Glenns Ferry, ID in 1987
From: Sands, Alan, and Ann Moser. 2013. ID Fish & Game Report
Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation & Improvement Projects Across the BLM• 99 Projects in Total Across 7 Western States in 41 Field
Offices- Native Seed Collection - Post-Fire Seeding- Propagation - Germination Studies- Monitoring - Grow Out
• 29 Projects with Federal Partners- USGS - Forest Service- NRCS - ARS- BIA - Fish & Wildlife Service
• 62 Projects with NGO Partners- Mule Deer Foundation - University of WY- Chicago Botanic Garden - Great Basin Institute- NV Sagebrush Ecosystem Council
National Fish, Wildlife & Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
• The Strategy identifies seven goals to help fish, wildlife, plants and ecosystems cope with the impacts of climate change.
• Goal 2: Manage species and habitats to protect ecosystem functions and provide sustainable cultural, subsistence, recreational, and commercial use in a changing climate.– Strategy 2.3: Conserve genetic
diversity by protecting diverse populations and genetic material across the full range of species occurrences.