Implement the national seed strategy three areas:1. Native wildland seed collecting for plant species of priority for restoration, cultural engagement, and conservation 2. Expansion of small-lot…

Implement the national seed strategy three areas:1. Native wildland seed collecting for plant species of priority for restoration, cultural engagement, and conservation 2. Expansion of small-lot seed-increase field acreage to increase seed yield of boutique native plantspecies that may be difficult for commercial growers AND3. Addressing regional gaps related to rare plant inventorying, seed-based restoration of riparianareas, and botanical education and outreach. The activities to be performed include training and equipping of SOS seed collection technicians creating a network of nonprofits, scientists, and tribal liaisons inventorying and monitoring of rareplant species in accordance with guidance from the BLM seed-based restoration of riparian areas providing local volunteer, educational, and outreach opportunities and expanding small lot seedincrease field acreage.expected deliverables and outcomes to be achieve by the end of the agreement period include:1. Performance of 200 to 300 total seed collections (40 to 60 per year) in accordance with sosprotocol. Seed collections would consist of a mix of operational, standard, and research gradesizes, based on needs of BLM and tribal partners.2. Establishment of a program to perform small-lot seed increase of boutique and rescued nativeplant species with high school students in washington county, utah.3. Hosting of 20 to 30 workshops, volunteer, community education, or outreach events (4 to 6 peryear).4. Attendance at SOS national calls and meetings of the colorado plateau native plant program.5. Restoration and monitoring of riparian habitat distributed throughout the escalante riverwatershed. Three to nine segments of the main stem or tributaries will be evaluated each year.6. Local provision of SOS guidance to new seed collection partners from DR. Jacqualine grant. The intended beneficiaries include rural and economically disadvantaged communities (tribal andnon-tribal) located in southern utah and the arizona strip, and youth in need of workforce trainingopportunities related to managing native plant materials development programs. The two subrecipients of this project are (1) bears ears partnership and (2) native plant rescue ofsouthern utah.