The sagebrush steppe plant materials project to be funded through the department of interior bipartisan infrastructure law burned area rehabilitation is in partnership with the USFWS as well as the…

The sagebrush steppe plant materials project to be funded through the department of interior bipartisan infrastructure law burned area rehabilitation is in partnership with the USFWS as well as the bureau of land management and the national park service. This project complements and will build upon washington state shrub steppe restoration and resiliency initiative investment and increase capacity by expanding the production of diverse sagebrush ecotypes and forb plant species. The primary goal is to ensure sufficient plant resources to establish trajectories towards functioning structure and composition in diverse sagebrush steppe ecosystems for post fire rehabilitation and recovery. The project will reduce restrictions on the availability of rare and recalcitrant shrub steppe species through four actions.1. Develop the infrastructure to scale up production of sagebrush steppe seed materials in particular native forb and shrub species.2. Agriculturally increase small collections of seed to provide sufficient quantities for commercial production by expanding the diversity of plant species and ecotypes available for shrubsteppe restoration.3. Increase the availability of regionally adapted container plant material for rapid restoration and post fire recovery.4. Develop and disseminate seed and plant production protocols for native plant species. The work will be performed by sustainability in prisons project public service center of the evergreen state college. SPP manages conservation nursery programs in four prisons in washington state producing plant material for ecosystem restoration since 2009. The SPP conservation nursery has produced over 3 million plant propagules and developed detailed production protocols for 74 plant species native to salish lowland prairie ecosystems in that time.