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Environmental & Conservation Seed Committee

The right seed in the right place at the right time

To ensure the availability of genetically appropriate seed to restore viable and productive plant communities and sustainable ecosystems

Vision

Mission

New Plant Material Policy Related to BLM Seed Strategy

Secretarial Order No. 3336:

• Enhanced policies and strategies for preventing and suppressing rangeland fire and for restoring sagebrush landscapes impacted by fire across the West

Presidential Memo on Pollinators: • Establish a reserve of native

seed mixes, including pollinator- friendly plants, for use in restoration and post-fire rehabilitation

Strategic Goals of the National Seed Warehouse System

• Provide Quality Seed

• Increase Storage Capacity and Seed Availability

• Increase Seed Buying Capacity

• Increase Communications & Customer Service to the Field

Seed Storage Capacity Updates

Progress to Meet 2.1 Million lbs &

Even More is Needed

Boise Ely

New Compliant Rack System with Narrow Isle Configuration - Awarded for Delivery in 2017 New Articulating Forklift is in Process of Getting Awarded Office Repair Contract in Process of Getting Awarded Ely Warehouse was Relatively Operational in Receiving Seed this Fall

• Now Working to increase Staffing to Include Summer/Fall/Winter Crew

Still Working to Get an Operational Mixer

Recent Increased Seed Buying Capacity

•FY 2016 - 3 Seed Buys per Year (60 to 90 Days Long) •Extended from (15 to 210 Days)

• Increased Storage Allows •Ability to Increase the Number of Types of Seed

(FY2016 – 218 Types out of 382 Lots)

•Total Working Capital Funds Budget of $11.8M

Who are the Customers?

Partners with cooperative agreements

40 BLM Field Offices in 11 Western States

BLM Programs (ES&R, Fuels, HLI, Range, and Wildlife)

BLM Consolidated Seed Buy 1996-2016

Total Expenditure

$254,452,928

BLM Consolidated Seed Buy 1998 -2016 Native vs Non-Native

Native

Non Native

25,970,452 lbs. 21,458,280 lbs.

45% 55%

3 year Summary 2013-2016

NON-NATIVE

NATIVE

NON-NATIVE NATIVE

1,688,280 3,810,452

31% 69%

Sales

69%

31%

BLM Consolidated Seed Buy 1998-2016 Native

0.17

2.09 2.52

1.48 1.05

0.53 0.65

2.39 3.00

4.15

0.97 0.21 0.40 0.64

1.91

0.82 0.58 1.26 1.14

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BLM Consolidated Seed Buy 1998-2016 Non-Native

0.23

4.49

1.80

1.32

0.97

0.49 0.67

1.53

2.00

3.25

0.53

0.07 0.34

0.40

1.68

0.38 0.40

0.59 0.31

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Native


Bluebunch Wheatgrass, PSSP,

Anatone

27%

Siberian Wheatgrass, AGFR, Vavilov II

18% Snake River

Wheatgrass, ELWA2, Secar 12%

Siberian Wheatgrass, AGFR, Vavilov I

9%

Crested Wheatgrass, AGCR, Hycrest I

7%

Alfalfa, MESA, Ladak 6%

Small Burnet, SAMI3, Delar

6%

Sanfoin, ONVI, Eski 6%

Indian Ricegrass, ACHY, Nezpar

5%

Crested Wheatgrass, AGCR, Hycrest II

4%

Top 10 Seed Types ordered for projects


Bluebunch Wheatgrass, PSSP,

Anatone

34%

Siberian Wheatgrass,

AGFI, Vavilov II

26%

Big Bluegrass,

POAM, Sherman

10%

Bluebunch

Wheatgrass, PSSP,

Columbia

7%

Bottlebrush

Squirreltail, ELEL,

Toe Jam 6%

Crested Wheatgrass,

AGCR, Hycrest II

6%

Indian Ricegrass,

ACH, Nezpar

6%

Sanfoin, ONVI, Eski

5%

Top 10 Seed Types ordered for projects

Updates & Upcoming Efforts

• BLM Ad-hoc Working Group to Develop and Integrate the Omernick Level III Ecoregion and Provincial Seed Transfer Zone Methodology with current Source Identification Specifications for Sagebrush Species and/or Varity

Provisional and Empirical Seed Transfer Zone Map: http://fs.bioe.orst.edu/web_maps/Seed_Zones.htm1

Great Basin Native Plant Project Priority

Forbs List

• This list was developed to meet new policy goals and objectives for restoration and rehabilitation in the Great Basin

• Major objectives of this group are to improve the availability of native plant materials and to provide the knowledge and technology required for their use in restoring diverse native plant communities across the Great Basin. More than 20 federal, state, and private cooperators are involved in this project.


139,250

101,000 99,500 88,055

26,000 20,400

5,100 3,975 3,950 3,800

Top 10 Forbs ordered for projects


52,350 49,750

42,150 37,950

20,350 19,200

5,100 5,000 4,450 4,350

Top 10 Forbs ordered for projects

SEED INVENTORY & PRICE SHEET EXAMPLE

FBMS

Material

#

RSW INVENTORY DATE OCTOBER 2, 2016 MOVING

AVERAGE

PRICE PER LB STOCK QTY LB BLM MIN PLS

200171 ALFALFA, MESA, LADAK 2.73$ 12,250 0.8100

200246 BALSAMROOT, ARROWLEAF, BASA3, (SI) 33.91$ 850 0.4200

200250 BEEPLANT, ROCKY MOUNTAIN, CLSE, (SI) 17.76$ 2,164 0.7600

200050 BEEPLANT, YELLOW, CLLU2, (SI) 20.00$ - 0.7600

200259 BISCUITROOT, FERNLEAF, LODI, (SI) 46.03$ 1,062 0.4500

200269 BITTERBRUSH, ANTELOPE, PUTR2I, (SI) 24.45$ 4,632 0.7700

200144 BITTERBRUSH, DESERT, PUGL2, (SI) 22.50$ 100 0.7700

200251 BLACKBRUSH, CORA, (SI) 15.53$ 800 0.5400

207814 BLUEGRASS, POAL, ALPINE 14.00$ - 0.7200

200020 BLUEGRASS, BIG, POSE, SHERMAN 11.59$ 5,125 0.7200

200085 BLUEGRASS, CANBY'S, POSE, CANBAR 4.12$ 9,850 0.7200

National Seed Warehouse System Inventory

*(SI) = Source Identified Plant Material

(SI) means (Collected from Field location or farm produced from a source Field location )

Call the Warehouses for specific (SI) locations Boise 208-384-3277 and Ely 775-289-3461

All other Seed Types are either Native or Non Native Cultivars

See: Seed Tag Illustrations at the end of the list

Seed Buy Request Form Example Project Seed Request Form

Boise Regional Seed Warehouse 208-384-3277 or Ely Regional Seed Warehouse 775-289-3483 Issue:

ID, OR, WA, MT, WY, CO Email this form to Rico [email protected]

AND Derek [email protected]

NV, UT, AZ, NM, CA Email this form to Eric Livermore [email protected]

Requestor: Project Name: Funding

District/Field Office:

Additional Information:

10 Digit: Cost Center LLCOM00000

Work Phone: 15 Digit: Functional Area

LF3100000JM0000

Cell Phone: 12 Digit: WBS

LFHFPJ020000

Office Address:

Delivery Address:

(XXX or 15X): Source Year Funding

Request Date:

Required Delivery Date:

Budget Officer Signature:

(Only if a MO is needed)

End of Fiscal Year

IS THE RSW MIXING THE SEED? YES

ACRES

(for mix only)

EVERY LINE MUST BE FILLED OUT OR THE REGIONAL SEED WAREHOUSE WILL CONSIDER THE ORDER VOID.

Stock # Species Bulk Pounds Price Total Cost Stock # Species Bulk Pounds Price Total Cost Stock # Species Bulk Pounds Price Total Cost

4550 Fernleaf Biscuitroot 10 $82.05 $820.50 $0.00 $0.00

6200 Munroe's Globemallow 10 $47.50 $475.00 $0.00 $0.00

3302 Sulphur Buckwheat 10 $35.00 $350.00 $0.00 $0.00

1104 Nezpar Ricegrass 50 $4.66 $233.00 $0.00 $0.00

4000 Needle & Thread 50 $22.03 $1,101.50 $0.00 $0.00

5760 Anatone Bluebunch 200 $7.26 $1,452.00 $0.00 $0.00

5101 Arri ba Wester Wheatgrass 50 $4.86 $243.00 $0.00 $0.00

4354 Trailhead Great Basin Wildrye 50 $11.35 $567.50 $0.00 $0.00

5606 Mnt Home Sandberg 200 $3.56 $712.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00

$0.00

Sub Totals 630 $218.27 $5,954.50 Sub Totals 0 $0.00 $0.00 Sub Totals 0 $0.00 $0.00

Total Pounds 630

REFER TO THE CURRENT INVENTORY SHEET FOR REQUIRED INFO. Stock number, Species, and

Price Total Cost of Seed

$5,954.50

RSW Surcharge .25 per lb $157.50

Mixing Surcharge .15 per lb

$94.50

Overall Total Cost $6,206.50

Links

• Provisional and Empirical Seed Transfer Zone Map: http://fs.bioe.orst.edu/web_maps/Seed_Zones.htm1

• Fedconnect Solicitation Seed Buy Contracts: https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PublicPages/PublicSearch/Public_Opportunities.aspx

• BLM ESR Sharepoint Site: http://teamspace/sites-wo/wo200/esr/default.aspx

Questions &

Contact Info

• Patricia Roller, National Seed Coordinator [email protected] 208-373-3802

• Ricardo Galvan, Admin Seed Specialist, National Seed Warehouse System [email protected] 208-384-3278

• Derek Conn, OPS Manager, Boise Regional Seed Warehouse [email protected] 208-384-3277 • Jim Andrews, OPS Manager, Ely Regional Seed Warehouse [email protected] 775-289-3483

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