Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project: FY03 Progress Report

Nancy L. Shaw; Mike Pellant

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Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project: FY03 Progress Report

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Nancy L. Shaw, Mike Pellant

Year:

2004

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Boise, ID: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 45 p.

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Abstract

The use of native plants for rehabilitation after wildfires and restoration of disturbed wildlands is being encouraged by various BLM programs, initiatives, and policies. Examples include the 2001 Interior Appropriations Bill, the Great Basin Restoration Initiative, Departmental guidance (DOI Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Manual), Executive Order 13112 (Invasive Species – 2/99) and the BLM’s Standards for Rangeland Health. This project integrates several proposals to increase native plant production and use within the Great Basin utilizing an applied science approach in a collaborative project. Original partners in this proposal include BLM (Utah, Idaho, and Nevada); USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Shrub Sciences Laboratory (Provo, UT and Boise, ID); Utah Crop Improvement Association (Logan, UT); USDA Agricultural Research Service, Forage and Range Research and Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratories (both Logan, UT); and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Great Basin Research Center (Ephraim, UT). Additional cooperators have been added to address specific research issues as needed.

Keywords

native plants, rehabilitation, wildfire

Citation

Shaw, Nancy; Pellant, Mike. 2004. Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project: FY03 Progress Report. Boise, ID: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 45 p.