Seeding Evaluation and Experimental Design Strategies (SEEDS) for Restoration

Seeding Planting Monitoring Graphic

Getting climate-smart with seeds: How a new software tool helps prepare landscapes for expected future conditions

Cooke, B.; Richardson, B.; Kilkenny, F.; St. Clair, B.; Finch, D.; Prendeville, H. 2019. Getting climate-smart with seeds: How a new software tool helps prepare landscapes for expected future conditions. Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 35. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.

Web-based tools for sourcing seeds adapted to future climates

Richardson, B.A.; Kilkenny, F.F. 2022. Web-based tools for sourcing seeds adapted to future climates. Research Highlights. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Online: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/news/highlights/web-based-tools-sourcing-seeds-adapted-future-climates

Not all seed transfer zones are created equal: Using fire history to identify seed needs in the Cold Deserts of the Western US

Barga, S.C.; Kilkenny, F.F.; Jensen, S.; Kulpa, S.M.; Agneray, A.C.; Leger, E.A. 2022. Not all seed transfer zones are created equal: Using fire history to identify seed needs in the Cold Deserts of the Western US. bioRxiv: 10.1101/2022.08.15.503985v1.

Web-based tools for sourcing seed adapted to future climates

Richardson, B.A.; Kilkenny, F.F.; St. Clair, J.B. 2022. Web-based tools for sourcing seed adapted to future climates. Science Spotlight. U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Age structure and expansion of pinyon-juniper woodlands: A regional perspective in the Intermountain West

Miller, R.F.; Tausch, R.J.; McArthur, E.D.; Johnson, D.D.; Sanderson, S.C. 2008. Age structure and expansion of pinyon-juniper woodlands: A regional perspective in the Intermountain West. Research Paper. RMRS-RP-69. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 15 p.

A restoration practitioner’s guide to the restoration gene pool concept

Jones, T.A.; Monaco, T.A. 2007. A restoration practitioner’s guide to the restoration gene pool concept. Ecological Restoration. 25: 12-19.

Decision support: Vulnerability, conservation, and restoration (Chapter 8)

Friggens, M.M.; Pinto, J.R.; Dumroese, R.K.; Shaw, N.L. 2012. Decision support: Vulnerability, conservation, and restoration (Chapter 8). In: Finch, D.M., ed. Climate change in grasslands, shrublands, and deserts of the interior American West: a review and needs assessment. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-285. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station:…

Planning and implementation of restoration projects using native seed and plant material

Tischew, S; Kirmer, A.; Kiehl, K.; Shaw, N. 2014. Planning and implementation of restoration projects using native seed and plant material. In: Kiehl, K.; Kirmer, A.; Shaw, N.; Tischew, S. eds. Guidelines for native seed production and grassland restoration. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars: 286-300.

Projections of contemporary and future climate niche for Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis): A guide for restoration

Still, S.M., Richardson, B.A. 2015. Projections of contemporary and future climate niche for Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis): A guide for restoration. Natural Areas Journal. 35: 30-43.