Sentences with phrase «native seeds»

To grow quality and genetically diverse native plants, we collect native seeds and plant materials from strategic locations throughout the park.

«Because there's very little native seed left in the ground, restoration work on older sites will be much more time consuming and costly,» he says.

«It is effectively a nursery of native seeds for anyone who needs them.»

My strangest experience was with some chiltepín seeds I had received from Native Seeds / SEARCH in Arizona.

You might try calling Native Seeds SEARCH in Tucson.

One of the great unexplored opportunities is the cultivation of native seeds for use as food.

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Thousands of staff and volunteer hours were spent over the past 28 years weeding invasive species, sowing native seeds, and restoring prescribed fire to make Nachusa what it is today — a place that reminds me of the prairies I hiked through as a child.

That's the response from a friend and native seed producer when I mentioned the news that Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), a highly invasive noxious weed has now appeared in several states across the Midwest.

, produced in 2017 by a collective of Latin American organisations from all across the continent that are working to defend native seeds as the basis of peoples» food sovereignty.

Grab a watering can, a few native seeds, and find a spot of brown in your neighborhood.

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A worker separates native seeds to preserve the indigenous plants of the Peace River Valley area after construction companies complete building projects.

There are 100's of economically important native seeds according to Lee and Maggie Arbuckle.

Harvesting native seeds has always been a problem, as traditional combines simply aren't designed for the job.

Frans van den Heuvel, CEO of Solarcentury commented: «Whenever we develop a solar park, we plant acres of wildflower meadows with native seed mixes that are specifically designed to attract a diversity of wildlife.

With their wallowing and grazing, bison provide natural disturbances to the landscape that spread native seeds, aerate the soil, and help maintain the natural balance of prairie grasses and flowers.

The leader of the conference was the ecologist Dr. Gary Nabhan, author of Gathering the Desert, director of Native Seeds / SEARCH, and an expert on chiltepíns.

We are plant ecologists who collect native seeds and plant materials from the park and provide expertise to restoration planners.

Before that, he worked with a conservation group called Native Seeds / SEARCH as its Director of Foundation Giving & Venture Philanthropy, and prior to that, as its Development Director.

Native Seeds Fight Food Shortage and Global Warming

Sow native seeds.

Dr. Gary Nabhan, former director of Native Seeds / SEARCH, discovered that the Tarahumara Indians of Chihuahua value the chiltepíns so much that they build stone walls around the bushes to protect them from being devoured by goats.

Native Seeds / SEARCH has been granted a special use permit from the National Forest Service to manage the permanent marking and mapping of plants, and to conduct ecological studies.

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However, the same could not be said of the areas on which 50 - year - old trees had stood, as there was little left of the native seed bank stored in the soil.

«This helps to maintain the native seed bank and the recovery potential of fynbos, and minimises the need for active restoration,» adds Prof Esler.

draws on the experiences and struggles of social movements for the defence of indigenous and native seeds in Ecuador, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, Argentina, Colombia, and Guatemala.

Tropical milkweed is far easier to purchase than the native species, but stores selling the native seeds are on the rise.

Native seeds are collected within the geographic area of the restoration site, local nurseries are contracted to grow the trees, and the sites are monitored by nearby groups.

Psyllium is a native seed from India, and like other fiber sources, psyllium seed husk helps improve and maintain the gastrointestinal tract.

It was one of the first such roofs to be built in the U.S. «The design team had to get permission from the federal government to go on federal lands to collect the native seeds,» says McDonough.

This innovative piece of equipment allows the rapid collection of native seeds, leaving behind most of the biomass for use as grazing, or for agricultural - biochar.