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F e b r u a r y 1 5 , 2 0 1 7 N a t i o n a l N a t i v e S e e d C o n f e r e n c e The Ecoregional Revegetation Application: a national online plant selection utility Matt Horning, US Forest Service

Pollinator health task force P residential memorandum “creating a federal strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators”  June 2014 National strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators  May 2015 Pollinator partnership action plan  June 2016 “Restore or enhance 7 million acres of land for pollinators over the next 5 years.” R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats

GOAL 3 Develop tools that enable mangers to make timely, informed seeding decisions for ecological restoration.

Technical resource: FHWA revegetation manual

The ori riginal manual David Steinfeld, Scott Riley, Kim Wilkinson, Thomas Landis, and Lee Riley  Published 2007  Western US-centric  Applicable to any highly disturbed sites  Powerful training resource R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats Photo credit: Kristina Bell

Revegetation as a process Key components: Implementation guides  Soil and site treatments  Obtaining plant materials  Installing plant materials  Post installation care of plant materials R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats

Ongoing modifications  Discussion of pollinators and their importance  Plant palette selection  Nectar and shelter needs  Phenology  Incorporation of FHWA and Xerces Society BMP’s  Pollinator-specific objectives in project design  Vegetation maintenance R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats

Online resources: www.nativerevegetation.org

www.nativerevegetation.org

www.nativerevegetation.org Resource Library ry- report types

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www.nativerevegetation.org Resource Library ry- revegetation guide(s)

Online application: Ecoregional Revegetation Application (ERA)

Ecoregional Revegetation Application  Objectives  Support the inter agency seed strategy and pollinator health initiatives  Support the native plants materials infrastructure  Assist revegetation practitioners in project design and implementation  Audience  Revegetation practitioners/project designers  All agencies/sectors - national in scope R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats

Ecoregional Revegetation Application Ecoregion Height  Data sources: pollinator-friendly species Flower color  Xerces Society Showy  Pollinator Partnership (pollinator.org) Flowering  Data sources: workhorse species (use and commercial availability) Sun exposure Soil moisture  State DOT plant lists Soil texture  The Chicago Botanic Garden (Abbey White and Andrea Kramer) Salt tolerance  Validation with regional experts Palatability  USFS and BLM botanists Active growth period Pollinator value  State DOT Landscape architects Benefits to Pollinators  Others (USDA PLANTS database, literature) Propagation Commercial Availability R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats

https://fs.bioe.orst.edu/web_maps/Seed_Zones.html Bower et al 2014 Ecological Applications 24(5) 913-919

Provisional Seed Zones Temperature Aridity + Omernik’s Level III Ecoregions Bower et al 2014 Ecological Applications 24(5) 913-919

Provisional Seed Zones + Omernik’s Level III Ecoregions Bower et al 2014 Ecological Applications 24(5) 913-919

Mobile Seed Zone Apps: Collector for ArcGIS- Online GeoQuery ry Browser

Collector for ArcGIS-Online • Account required • Srollable “live” maps when connected • Downloadable maps when not connected

GeoQuery Browser • Open access • Connected environment only

Coming soon: Android and iOS seed zone applications that fu function on and off the grid Contact: Andy Bower abower@fs.fed.us

Acknowledgements  Federal Highways Administration (FHWA)  US Forest Service • Amit Armstrong • Vicky Erickson • Erin Chips • Matt Horning • Deirdre Remley • Lynda Moore  Parsons Brinckerhoff • Mark Skinner • Robin Christians • David Steinfeld (Native Restoration Consulting) • Shane Roberts  Chicago Botanic Garden • Todd Teuscher • Abbey White • Andrea Kramer  Xerces Society • Jennifer Hopwood R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats

www.nativerevegetation.org Matt Horning mhorning@fs.fed.us