Nevada Seed Strategy & Other Guiding Documents
Vision:
Keep Nevada lands diverse and functioning by using the right seed in the right place at the right time.
Mission:
We are a partnership helping Nevada increase the availability of locally adapted seed to restore diverse plant communities and sustainable landscapes.
The Nevada Seed Strategy (Strategy), prepared by the Nevada Native Seed Partnership, aims to increase the availability and use of native seed for rehabilitation, reclamation, and restoration treatments. The Strategy identifies specific activities that address bottlenecks within the native plant material development cycle and attempts to clarify and coordinate the value each stakeholder can bring towards improving native seed use. By working together, the Strategy integrates the needs of state, federal, and private seed users with researchers developing new varieties, increasing our basic understanding of plant biology, and developing restoration technology with industry seed suppliers that produce native seed in quantities needed for large-scale restoration projects so that we can use the right seed in the right place at the right time.
National Seed Strategy
The National Seed Strategy was developed by the Plant Conservation Alliance in 2015 to foster interagency collaboration to guide the development, availability, and use of seed for restoration. The National Seed Strategy was a catalyst for partners in Nevada to start discussing native seed, and form the Nevada Native Seed Partnership. The Nevada Native Seed Partnership developed the Nevada Seed Strategy in 2020, which is the first state-specific step-down to the National Seed Strategy.