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Uncompahgre Partnership Native Plant Program

Uncompahgre Partnership Native Plant Program. Landscape Scale Collaboration & Restoration in Western Colorado. Why Are We Here?. What is the Uncompahgre Partnership?. A landscape collaborative consisting of many partners

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Uncompahgre Partnership Native Plant Program

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  1. Uncompahgre Partnership Native Plant Program Landscape Scale Collaboration & Restoration in Western Colorado

  2. Why Are We Here?

  3. What is the Uncompahgre Partnership? • Alandscape collaborative consisting of many partners • Assists in coordinating, funding, and facilitating restoration activities across jurisdictional boundaries

  4. UP Mission Statement To develop a collaborative approach to improve the ecosystem health and natural functions of the landscape, using best available science, community input and adaptive management.

  5. Native Plant Program

  6. Goal of the UP Native Plant Program To facilitate the collection and propagation of species native to the Colorado Plateau for use in the restoration of native plant communities on public and private lands.

  7. Expansion of the Program 2009 2002 2005 Upper Colorado Plateau Region Uncompahgre Plateau Colorado Plateau Native Plant Initiative

  8. Wildland Collection From 2003 – 2008, 387 separate wildland seed collections were made of over 50 species on and around the Uncompahgre Plateau, western Colorado, and in eastern Utah.

  9. Native Plant Process

  10. Studies & Propagation • Collected 50 species • Cultivation Studies • 18 species • Life History • 11 species • Foundation Fields • 15 species • Seed Increaser Plots • 31 species

  11. Native Plant Program Cooperators • Bureau of Land Management, UT and CO • US Forest Service, Region 2 and 4 • Utah Div. of Wildlife Resources • Colorado Div. of Wildlife • Snow College, UT • Brigham Young Univ., UT • Utah State Univ., UT • USFS Lone Peak Nursery, UT • USFS Lucky Peak Nursery, ID • Colorado State Univ.-Rogers Mesa and Yellow Jacket Research Facilities • Upper Colorado Env. Plant Materials Center – Meeker, CO • Great Basin Research Center, UT • Commercial Growers

  12. Native Plant Video • To educate land managers/staff on the benefits of using natives • To encourage advanced planning and consolidated purchases • I’d love your ideas: see me at a break or dinner

  13. Grasses Released to Commercial Growers

  14. Poasecunda

  15. Forbs Released to Commercial Growers

  16. Sim’s Mesa • Upper CO Plant Center did a comparison study at Sim’s Mesa • Field Trip: look at results • Possibly June: if you’re interested, give Jim Free or Leigh your email

  17. Awards • 2012 Forest Service Chief’s Award • Regional Forester’s Partner Appreciation Award for Sustaining Forests and Grasslands • 2011 Colorado Weed Management Association Partnership of the Year Award    • 2006 US Forest Service Regional Honor Caring for the Land Stewardship Award • CO Chapter of Wildlife Society Outstanding Achievement Award • National Fire Plan Award • Secretary of the Interior’s Four C’s Award

  18. For More Information: www.UPartnership.org info@UPartnership.org

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