Federal government agencies and partners, like the desert botanical garden DBG , are collaborating to increase the supply of native seeds for restoration through the national seed strategy for…

Federal government agencies and partners, like the desert botanical garden DBG , are collaborating to increase the supply of native seeds for restoration through the national seed strategy for rehabilitation and restoration national seed strategy to get the right seed in the right place at the right time this project supports the national seed strategy which is a public private collaboration to increase the supply of native seeds for restoration projects to ensure ecosystem resilience and the health and prosperity of future generations this project will collect, amplify, and bank seeds of carefully selected locally sourced native plants of arizona the service, the southwest seed partnership, the DBG, and the arboretum at flagstaff the arboretum will work together to produce a target list of plants DBG, with its subcontractor the arboretum, proposes to visit areas that are likely to be affected by fire in the coming years to collect seed and then grow plants to produce additional seed of known ecotype DBG and the arboretum will incorporate trial partners and lands where possible in collecting and grow outs DBG and the arboretum will use the seeds of success collection protocols or the more conservative CPC guidelines DBG and FWS will coordinate with southwest seed partnership, USFS, BLM, tribes, and others as necessary to ensure seed collection coordination across the state the southwest seed partnership is an established seed collection and tracking entity that will provide guidance for the project DBG and the arboretum will focus on collecting seeds of perennial and annual forbs, grasses, and shrubs that provide host plants and nectar for pollinators and habitat for other species in addition, DBG and the arboretum will work to collect and grow out seeds of select rare and listed plants that grow in fire prone regions where populations may be destroyed by fire