Links below are to slides presented at the 2017 National Native Seed Conference.  If your presentation is missing, contact us to grant permission.

MONDAY

Ecological Restoration Considerations in Purpose Specific Seed Mix Design
Christine Taliga

Native Seed: Planning, Processing, Increase, and Application

Making Strategic Seed Collections for Native Plant Research and Production
Megan Haidet

Native Seed Processing
Kayla Herriman

Native Seed Increase
Jason McNeal

The Art, Science, and Humility of Restoration
Lee Riley and Lynda Moore

TUESDAY   PALLADIAN   OPENING PLENARY

Before Conservation and Restoration, A Conversation
Jean Franczyk

TUESDAY 10:00 – 12:00   PALLADIAN   OPENING SESSION

Ecological resilience, adaptation and emergency preparedness – the need for seeds
Peggy Olwell

Seeding the Future: Creating Resilient Habitats to Benefit People and Wildlife
Bruce Stein, Associate Vice President, Conservation Science & Climate Adaptation, National Wildlife Federation

Colorado Resiliency Framework
Iain Hyde, Deputy Director, Colorado Office of Resiliency and Recovery

Southern Grasslands Initiative
Dwayne Estes, Professor, Austin Peay State University

TUESDAY 10:00 – 12:00   BLUE ROOM   SEED TRANSFER GUIDELINES

Building a common garden network for high throughput seed transfer development
Francis Kilkenny, Fred Edwards

Assessing seed zone efficacy using two-year old bluebunch wheatgrass
Holly R. Prendeville*, Francis F. Kilkenny, J. Brad St. Clair

Early Assessment of Local Adaptation in Juvenile Prairie Grasses
Shelby Flint*, Kane Keller, Georgiana May, and Ruth Shaw

Predictive provenancing: Can southern sourced seeds be used in Midwest restoration efforts?
Christopher Woolridge*, Emily Dangremond, Jeremie Fant, and Andrea Kramer

Intraspecific variation in germination responses of milkweeds (Asclepias spp.): Investigating climatic sensitivity among three congeners
Jessamine Finch* and Kayri Havens-Young

Provisional seed zones for ‘ōhi‘a (Metrosideros spp.) on Kaua‘i: a mitigation strategy for a new fungal pathogen
Adam M. Williams*, Dustin Wolkis, Ben Nyberg, Seana Walsh

TUESDAY 10:00 – 12:00   CONGRESSIONAL   SEED PRODUCTION

Native Forb Seed Production
Kelsey Prickett

Propagating local ecotype native plants from local native seed to preserve biodiversity in Maryland
Christopher F. Puttock* and Rochelle P. Bartolomei

Wild Seed Project: Grassroots Seed Propagation of New England native plants
Heather McCargo

Differential seed dormancy and germination requirements of two upland prairie sedges
Kelly D. Broadlick* and Jonathan D. Bakker

Are plant populations evolving during the process of seed increase for restoration?
Julie R. Etterson*, Erin K. Espeland, Nancy C. Emery, Kristin L. Mercer, Scott A. Woolbright, Karin M. Kettenring

TUESDAY 10:00 – 12:00   CABINET   PLANT MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT

Restoring species diversity: Uncovering the gaps in the native seed market
Abbey White*, Jeremie Fant, and Andrea Kramer

Development of commercial seed supplies of native milkweeds and pollinator plants for Texas
Forrest Smith*, Anthony Falk, Keith Pawelek, John Reilley, Chris Best, and Shelly Maher

Development of legume germplasm native to the semi-arid western USA
Shaun Bushman*, Doug Johnson, Thomas Jones

From the wild to farm and back again: a strategy for native plant material development and utilization
Kevin Gunnell* and Danny Summers

TUESDAY 1:20 – 3:00   PALLADIAN   PANEL DISCUSSION

Panel: Public/Private Partnerships in Conservation Plantings: Past Successes and Future Opportunities

Sagebrush and Pinion-Juniper Habitat Improvement in Central Utah
Kreig Rasmussen

Wildland Restoration and Seeding in Utah
Danny Summers

Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation (ESR): Meeting the New Challenges
Scott Uhrig

TUESDAY 1:20 – 3:00   BLUE ROOM  SYMPOSIUM

Symposium: NRCS Plant Materials Program (PMP) Plant Development Efforts for Revegetating Landscapes: History, Successes, Challenges, and Future Directions

The NRCS PMP: An 80-Year History of Plant Development
John Englert

Native Plant Selection to Improve Rangeland Health in the Northern Great Plains Panelist:
Robert Kilian

Cooperative Plant Development in the Southwest US
Alan Shadow

Partners in Plant Solutions: Collaborative Approaches to Resource Management in South Texas
John Reilley and Forrest Smith

Future Plant Development Activities in the NRCS Plant Materials Program
Joel Douglas

TUESDAY 1:20 – 3:00   CONGRESSIONAL   COLLECTION STRATEGY

Tuesday 1:20 – Congressional

Distributions and Collecting Priorities for Crop Wild Relatives in the United States
Colin K Khoury*, Stephanie L. Greene, Karen A. Williams, and Chrystian C. Sosa

How much seed is needed for ex situ collections: ash as a case study
Sean Hoban, Simon Kallow, Clare Trivedi

Using Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments for Rare Plant Conservation in the Western United States
Shannon Still*, Kayri Havens, and Pati Vitt

Bi-state Strategic Native Forb Seed Collection and Increase Efforts
Susan Fritts*, Anne Halford, Berta Youtie, Nancy Shaw, and Mark Mousseaux

TUESDAY 1:20 – 3:00   CABINET   POLICY AND OPPORTUNITIES

The Roles of Seed Science and Restoration in the Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy
Deborah Finch* and Kenneth Berg.

National Park Service policies for seed collections and use
Gregory E. Eckert

Native Plant Use and Ecosystem Services Considerations at Superfund Sites
Jewel Lipps* and Michele Mahoney

Invasive Species Management, Restoration and the Use of Native Seeds and Plants
Stanley Burgiel

The use of Native Species in assessing and implementing Bonn Challenge commitments to Forest Landscape Restoration
Craig Beatty

TUESDAY 3:20 – 5:00   PALLADIAN   SEED QUALITY

A bottom-up approach to seed quality and certification: a survey of the native seed community
Holly Abbandonato*, Simone Pedrini, Marcello De Vitis, Costantino Bonomi, and Hugh Pritchard

Panel: Weed contaminant in native seed – challenges of meeting reliable seed demand

Weed-Free Seed, Unicorns, and other Myths
Steve Popovich

TUESDAY 3:20 – 5:00   BLUE ROOM  INNOVATIONS IN SEED TECHNOLOGY

New ‘flash flaming’ technique improves seed handling and coating potential of difficult-to-handle grass species
Todd E. Erickson*, Andrew L. Guzzomi, Miriam Muñoz-Rojas, Shane R. Turner, David J. Merritt

Seed-based Approaches to Improving Restoration of Dryland Systems

Olga A. Kildisheva, Matthew M. Madsen, David J. Merritt, Todd E. Erickson, and Kingsley W. Dixon

Enhancing Native Forb Establishment in the Great Basin Using Snow Fences, N-sulate Fabric, and Seed Coatings
Adam Fund*, Kristin Hulvey, Douglas Johnson, Matt Madsen, Scott Jensen, Derek Tilley

Soils rehabilitation with biocrusts: a review of current technologies
Kyle Doherty*, Matthew Bowker, Anita Antoninka, Henry Grover, Rebecca Durham

TUESDAY 3:20 – 5:00   CONGRESSIONAL   MOLECULAR GENETICS

Beyond Climate: Incorporating Novel Factors into Seed Transfer Guidelines
Alexis Gibson*, Cara Nelson, Lila Fishman, Susan Rinehart

Integrating Molecular Genetics into Seed Management Programs
Valerie Hipkins

The applicability of next-generation sequencing to native plant materials development
Rob Massatti

Genetic and cytotypic variability in a dominant southwestern grass (Bouteloua gracilis): Implications for restoration and seed sourcing
Katrina Tso*, Gerard Allan, Troy Wood

WEDNESDAY 8:00 – 9:30   PALLADIAN   PLENARY

Creating Global Resiliency: The Ecological Case for Native Seeds
Cristina Eisenberg

Diversity is magic: Native seeds lead to restoration success
Tom Kaye

WEDNESDAY 10:00 – 12:00   PALLADIAN   PANEL DISCUSSION

Panel: Implementing the Pollinator Friendly Native Seed Reserve

Pollinator Species Seed Production
Andy Ernst

Monarch Wings Across the Eastern Broadleaf Forest
Tom Van Arsdall

WEDNESDAY 10:00 – 12:00   BLUE ROOM  ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

Evidence for Long-term Persistence of Cultivars in Ecological Restoration
Mary E. Poelman, Adrienne M. Pilmanis and Kristina M. Hufford*

Use of Native Grasses and Forbs for Diversification of Crested Wheatgrass Stands
Jerry Benson* and Mel Asher

The South Texas Approach to Restoring Native Vegetation on Exotic Invaded Landscapes
John Reilley*, Forrest Smith and Shelly Maher

Manipulating Cheatgrass Seed Dispersal to Benefit Native Plants
Danielle Johnston, Phillip Chapman

Functional diversity in prairie plant communities: a barrier to invasion modulated by nitrogen
Jacob Zeldin

Using past restoration treatments to inform future seed sourcing in the Colorado Plateau
Andrea Kramer*, Shannon Still, Nora Talkington, Troy Wood

WEDNESDAY 10:00 – 12:00   CONGRESSIONAL   SEED SELECTION TOOLS

Symposium: The Emergence of Seed Networks as an Effective Strategy in Building Regional Cooperation to Improve Native Seed and Plant Material Development and Delivery

The Great Basin Native Plant Project: a plant material development partnership
Francis Kilkenny, Fred Edwards

Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program
Adrienne Pilmanis*, Troy Wood and Rachel Hosna

Creating a Southwest Seed Partnership to Implement the National Seed Strategy in New Mexico and Arizona
Melanie Gisler*, Kathryn Kennedy, Zoe Davidson, and Cameron Weber

Expanding Seeds of Success to Build a Sustainable Seed Network in the Eastern United States
Shanyn Siegel

WEDNESDAY 10:00 – 12:00   CABINET   NATIVE SEED COLLECTION TOOLS

Weather and Climate Tools for Rangeland Restoration Planning and Management
Stuart Hardegree*, Corey Moffet, John Abatzoglou, Katherine Hegewisch, Roger Sheley, and Mark Brunson

Matching seed to site by climate similarity: tools to prioritize plant materials development and use
Kyle Doherty*, Troy Wood, Bradley Butterfield

How do I find seeds?!: Using AIM and other datasets to locate viable collection populations
Jessa Davis

Elements of an Ecologically Designed Seed Mix for Tallgrass Prairie Plantings
Greg Houseal

Mixing and matching: Composition and diversity of commercially available seed mixes compared with remnant and restored tallgrass prairies
Rebecca S. Barak*, Eric V Lonsdorf, and Daniel J. Larkin

WEDNESDAY 1:30 – 3:00   PALLADIAN   PANEL DISCUSSION

Panel: Seed Industry Perspectives

Seed Industry Perspectives on the National Seed Strategy
Robby Henes, Southwest Seed

Native Grass and Forb Seed Production Dryland (non-irrigated) Lands
Mark Mustoe, Clearwater Seed

Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center
Steve Parr, Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center

Time… the Real Cost in Producing Seed
Blake Curtis, Curtis & Curtis Seed

WEDNESDAY 1:20 – 3:00   BLUE ROOM   PLANT ESTABLISHMENT

The Role of Germination in Early Plant Establishment: Characterization of Germination Syndromes in a Highly Variable Field Environment
Stuart Hardegree*, Corey Moffet, Christine Walters, Roger Sheley

When and Where to Seed? Effects of Sowing Time and Relative Prairie Quality on First Year Establishment of 23 Native Prairie Species
Sarah Krock*, Sarah Hamman

Comparing Seeding Rates and Timing of Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) in Utah
Danny Summers* and Kevin Gunnell

Use of abscisic acid to enhance the survival of fall sown seeds
Matthew Madsen*, William Richardson, Ryan Call, Bruce Roundy

Comparing competition intensity between heterospecific and conspecific seedling pairings: what story do the roots have to tell?
Alicia Foxx

WEDNESDAY 1:20 – 3:00   CONGRESSIONAL   SEED SELLECTION TOOLS

Symposium: Selecting the Right Seed: New Decision-support Tools for Selecting Taxa and Seed Sources for Current and Future Site Conditions

Climate-smart Seedlot Selection Tool: Seed sources for restoration in the 21st Century
Brad St.Clair*, Glenn Howe, and Dominique Bachelet

Techniques to determine subspecies composition of Artemisia tridentata from seed and seed chaff
Bryce Richardson, Alicia Boyd, Tanner Tobiasson and Nancy Shaw

Suitability for seed farming as part of a traits-based selection tool for promoting native cover crops in Mediterranean agroecosystems: A case study from Spanish olive orchards
Stephanie Frischie*, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Cándido Galvez Ramirez

Nativerevegetation.org: new comprehensive online resources for revegetation practitioners
Matt Horning

WEDNESDAY 1:20 – 3:00   CABINET   COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIPS

The #OhiaLove Project: Banking Seeds of a Hawaiian Keystone Species during the Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death Crisis
Marian M. Chau*, Matthew Keir, Timothy Kroessig, Jill Wagner

Trained Extension Volunteers Produce High-Quality Native Seed
Sara Tangren and Jim Drews

Enhancing the Edibility of New England’s Landscapes with Native Species
Russ Cohen

Madrean Archipelago Plant Propagation Initiative: A Strategy in Regional Plant Material Availability and Resiliency
Francesca Claverie* and Allegra Mount

Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation through Prisons
Stacy Moore, Shannon Swim*

THURSDAY 8:00 – 9:30   PALLADIAN   SYMPOSIUM

Overcoming the effects of plant blindness with education and outreach

Seventeen years of plant blindness: Is our vision improving?
Elisabeth Schussler

Visibility of plants under the Endangered Species Act: Causes and Implications
Vivian Negrón-Ortiz

Influencing the Federal Budget Process: How to Advocate for Conservation Funding
Cameron Witten

Federal policies and funding for plants
Rob Bradner

THURSDAY 8:00 – 9:30   BLUE ROOM   SEED AROUND THE WORLD

Symposium: Get Smart in Using Native Seed – the International Network for Seed-based Restoration

Introduction to the International Network for Seed-based Restoration (INSR)
Kingsley Dixon

Challenges and opportunities for seed-based restoration strategies in Chile
Cara Nelson

Addressing Seed Challenges in Lebanon and Jordan
Karma Bouazza*, Khaled Sleem, Mohammad Nsour, and Anthony S. Davis

Agroforestry and Citizen Science in Togo, West Africa
Becca Lieberg*, Anthony S. Davis

Native plant propagation for restoring rangelands
Alicia Melgoza*, Carlos Morales, Otilia Rivera

THURSDAY 8:00 – 9:30   CONGRESSIONAL   SYMPOSIUM

Texas Ecotype Approach to Commercial Native Seed Provision and Ecosystem Restoration
Forrest S. Smith

Seed Production Strategies for South Texas
John Reilley
Keith A. Pawelek
Anthony D. Falk
Colin S. Shackelford
John R. Bow

THURSDAY 8:00 – 9:30   CABINET   SEED STORAGE

Does Frozen Storage Change the Germination Performance of Native Southwestern Forb Species?
Alexandra Seglias* and Andrea Kramer

The Effect of Seed Storage and Water Balance Characteristics on Seed Germination Success in 26 Ficus Species from Tropical and Subtropical South China
 Huayang Chen, Imeña Valdes, Ying Chen, Xiaoyin Wang and Uromi M. Goodale*

Picking from the Past in Preparation for a Pest: Assessing the Potential for Herbarium Seeds to Combat ROD
Dustin Wolkis* and Susan Deans

THURSDAY 10:00 – 11:00   PALLADIAN   PROCUREMENT

How can California Benefit from the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
David Gilpin

Procurement and Contracting Challenges for the Seed Industry
Ed Kleiner

Natives First – A Native Vegetation Standard for the Conservation Title of the Farm Bill
Jef Hodges

THURSDAY 10:00 – 11:00   BLUE ROOM   SYMPOSIUM

Just how well do we use native seed in ecological restoration?
Kingsley Dixon and Simone Pedrini

Native seed production – the role of botanic gardens
Sara Oldfield, Katherine O’Donnell and Xiangyin Wen

NASSTEC: an EU training initiative in native seeds production and use for grassland restoration
Marcello De Vitis, Giles Laverack, Costantino Bonomi

THURSDAY 10:00 – 11:00   CABINET   SEEDS OF SUCCESS

Seed Collections for Coastal Restorations in the East
Clara Holmes, Amanda Faucette, Michael Piantedosi

Seeds of Success (SOS) Web Portal for Documenting Seed Collections
Michael O’Neal* and Megan Haidet

Looking to BLM Seeds of Success as a Model and Partner to Secure Native Crop Wild Relatives
Stephanie Greene*, Colin Khoury, Karen Williams