Arkansas Workshop
Tools for Keeping our Natural Areas Resilient: Developing Native Seed Resources and Managing for Pollinators
May 7 and 8, 2019
Land managers, ecologists, and other experts from around the region toured natural areas and restoration sites and learned about the Arkansas Native Seed Program, a statewide partnership working to develop commercially available ecoregional-genotype seed resources. Workshop leaders explained how the program functions: volunteers collect seeds from remnant natural areas, partners in private industry propagate plants, and local farmers multiply seeds in propagation fields and sell them on the open market. Workshop participants also discussed considerations for pollinators in management of natural areas.
Co-hosts: Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and U.S. Forest Service
Partners: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Arkansas Audubon, Quail Forever, Central Arkansas Water, Roundstone Native Seed, and the Xerces Society
A Video by Theo Witsell, Cheif of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and one of the workshop leaders.
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