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Industry and Natural Area Manager Partnerships for Plant

Community Restoration

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• Jeff Nelson1, Ernest S.

Flynn2, Byron Sleugh1,

and Robert Masters1;

• 1Dow AgroSciences,

Indianapolis, IN

• 2Dow AgroSciences,

Ankeny, IA

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Agenda -

• A history of R&P product differentiation to meet

existing, changing, and future customer needs

• New customers, with unique challenges &

expectations in managing vegetation

• Development & collective success of

partnerships

• Future opportunities & collaborations

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R&P Product Portfolio & Market Needs

1947 1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 2000 - Today

Spike® 20P

Spike® 80DF

Remedy®

Reclaim®

Redeem® R&P

PastureGard® Surmount®

Milestone® ForeFront® R&P

GrazonNext™ Remedy® Ultra

Chaparral™ PasturAll™

2,4-D Tordon® 22K Grazon® P+D

2,4-D Picloram Picloram + 2,4-D Tebuthiuron, Triclopyr Aminopyralid & Mixtures

Clopyralid Fluroxypyr

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-----------Active Ingredients----------

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Formulation & Application – Then & Now

Cut Surface

1947 (Then) Today

Foliar

Low Vol. Basal

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A 70 yr history in vegetation

management

New customers with unique vegetation

management strategies & expectationsCustomers

Now

Customers

Then

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Partnerships & Collaboration Keys to Success –

Example – Aminopyralid & Forb Tolerance

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The obstacles & the end in mindCanada Thistle Infestation

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Partnerships & Collaboration Keys to Success –

Aminopyralid & Forb Tolerance – 2005 to 2012

Academia

Dow

AgroSciences

Natural Res.

Manager

Scientific Reach

Technology Validation

Application, Validation &

Endorsement

Expertise, Technology

Transfer, & Superior Tools

North Dakota State Univ.

Colorado State Univ.

University of Montana

University of Minnesota

South Dakota State Univ.

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Collaboration & Partnerships Key Outcomes

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>90

Forb

specie

s

2. Technology Transfer & Outreach 3. Technology Infused into Practice

1. Technology Validation – Efficacy & Scope

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2016 – Partnerships: Example National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

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The Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund focuses on three priority

conservation needs to restore the monarch butterfly to a more robust and

healthy population:

1. Habitat restoration to plant native milkweed for caterpillars and nectar plants for adults in

both large, contiguous areas as well as in smaller patches, especially in edge habitat along

the butterfly's migration route.

2. Increasing organizational capacity and coordination among organizations, states, and

regions engaged in monarch conservation and monitoring, science coordination, milkweed

seed blend production and distribution, and monarch programming to ensure efficiency and

the use and sharing of best practices.

3. Native seed production and distribution to increase production and availability of seeds

and plants essential to habitat restoration

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Current Partnership

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The Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund focuses on three priority conservation

needs to restore the monarch butterfly to a more robust and healthy population:

Project Description

Monarch butterfly habitat across the state of Kansas will be restored/enhanced by this project via

private landowner conservation plans that address threats such as invasive species, in-proper grazing

management and lack of prescribed fire.

Project Abstract

The primary objective of this project is to increase approximately 12,000 acres of habitat for the

Monarch butterfly by restoring and enhancing native mixed-grass and tallgrass ecosystem functions,

improve rangeland health on private working lands through invasive species control, proper grazing

management, prescribed fire, native grassland and forb planting, and other beneficial rangeland

management practices.

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Species such as sericea lespedeza, musk thistle,

old world bluestem, eastern red cedar, honey

locust and rough-leafed dogwood outcompete

native grasses and forbs, leading to undesirable

plant community dynamics. At the same time,

these invasive species reduce the forage yield for

cattle production, threatening the livelihood of

rural families. Dow AgroSciences plans to provide

products to target the undesirable invasive

species while their staff and the USFWS Kansas

Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW) Program will

provide the expertise to plan for the restoration

and enhancement of native grasses and forbs

that can support the recovery of Monarch

butterflies.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – Monarch

Butterfly Conservation Fund 2015, Full Proposal

(Easy GrantsID: 50578)

The Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund Proposal

Aminopyralid & Invasive Species Management

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Summary

• Collaborations & industry partnerships are key

ingredients for sustained success in habitat restoration

> Many of these opportunities to restore, rebuild, or repair

habitats are complex, each with unique challenges

• Each of us (Natural Resource Managers, Academia,

Industry, etc.) have a role to play

• Our voice (expertise), our science, and our technology

are being heard & practiced in habitat restoration

efforts

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Go Forward…(Group Discussion)

• We need your engagement & involvement to identify

the next generation of opportunities with respect to

habitat restoration

• Consider…

> Our tools (expertise, products, technology) as part of the

conversation when developing a habitat restoration strategy

> Leveraging the strength in collaborations & partnerships –

don’t go it alone

> Utilizing technology, application, and methodologies that

have been validated – no need to reinvent the wheel

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