Seed Technology For Forest And Conservation Nurseries
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Agenda
Start Date: September 11, 2012Location: Riverhouse Hotel, Bend, Oregon
| Tuesday, September 11 – Intertribal Nursery Council Meeting | |
| 9:00 | General Welcome– Jeremy Pinto, USDA Forest Service, Moscow,IDFormal Welcome – Nita Rauch, USDA Forest Service, Bend, OR and Doug Manion, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Warm SpringsRound robin introductions |
| 9:45 | Reforestation and Restoration on the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation – Doug Manion, Warm Springs, OR |
| 10:10 | The Importance of [Good] Seed – Bob Karrfalt, USDA Forest Service, Macon, GA |
| 10:35 | Break |
| 10:50 | Low-tech Tools for Collecting Seed – TBD |
| 11:20 | Low-tech Tools for Processing Seed – Bob Karrfalt |
| 11:50 | Seed Storage and Inventory – Terrance Ashley, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Ronan, MT |
| 12:10 | Lunch |
| 1:10 | Processing Seed on the Mescalero Apache Reservation – Philbert Smith, Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero, NM |
| 1:40 | Native Plant Materials Development Program: Seeds of Success Collecting Protocols and Internships – Dean Tonnena, Bureau of Land Management, Carson City, NV |
| 2:10 | Seed Increase Projects and Opportunities – TBD |
| 2:40 | Break |
| 3:00 | Greenhouse Structure and Function: The Pros and Cons of Structure Type and Purpose – Tom Landis, Nursery Consultant, Medford, OR |
| 3:30 | Restoration Projects at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (Native Plants, Pollination, Cottonwood) – Angie Sells and students, Albuquerque, NM |
| 4:00 | Experiments in Breaking Native Plant Seed Dormancy – Olga Kildisheva and Anthony Davis, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID |
| 4:30 | Adjourn |
| Tuesday Evening Social | |
| 6:30-8:30pm | Tuesday Evening Social at Deschutes Brewery and Public House1044 NW Bond St., Bend 541-330-5007Limited shuttle service to/from hotel will be available from 6:15 thru 8:30 |
| Wednesday, September 12 –Joint meeting of the Western Forestry Conservation Nursery Association and Intermountain Container Seedling Grower’s Association | |
| 9:40 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 8:10 | Advanced Techniques to Prepare Seed to Sow – Bob Karrfalt |
| 8:40 | Seed Sowing Strategies: Factor Selection Criteria – Eric VanSteenis, TerraLink Horticulture, Abbotsford, BC |
| 9:10 | Single Sow for Success!-Proven Strategies for Multiple Production Systems – Todd Baker, Jiffy Products, Ontario, Canada |
| 9:40 | Break: Hands-on demonstrations of “seed toys” for drying, cleaning, and screening |
| 10:10 | Recent Advances in Germination Technology – Joe Myers, USDA Forest Service, Coeur d’Alene, ID |
| 10:40 | Thinking Like a Bee – Paul Rhoades, University of Idaho, Moscow |
| 11:10 | Tips, Tricks, Innovations, and Gizmos – Audience presentations and discussion |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Afternoon field tour: (transportation provided)
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| 5:00 | Return to hotel |
| Thursday, September 13 –Joint meeting continued | |
| 8:00 | Current Seed Orchard Techniques and Innovations – Larry Miller, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, OR and Jeff DeBell, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA |
| 8:30 | Challenges for Producing Improved Douglas-fir Seed in Orchards – Sara Lipow, Roseburg Forest Products, Lebanon, OR |
| 9:00 | Willamette Valley Native Plant Materials Cooperative – Jenny Getty, Institute for Applied Ecology, Corvallis, OR |
| 9:30 | Seed issues: discussion and problem solving |
| 10:00 | Break: Hands-on demonstrations of “seed toys” for drying, cleaning, and screening |
| 10:30 | Investigations into Seed Zones and Climate Change – Matt Horning, USDA Forest Service |
| 11:00 | Growing Assisted Migration – Mary Williams, USDA Forest Service, Moscow, ID |
| 11:30 | Phytosanitation in Nurseries – Tom Landis, Nursery Consultant, Medford, OR |
| 12:00 | Adjourn |