Scientific advancement in plant genetics is revealing diversity within species across their geographic distribution.� There is consensus between scientists and the federal land agencies that this diversity should be taken into account when choosing seed sources for restoration work.� The National Native Seed Strategy lays out a path to move towards developing seed sources to reflect this diversity.� The seed industry has partnered with the Plant material centers to isolate and increase native seed inventories to reflect this diversity. �In turn, these increases can be moved into the private sector for largescale cultivation and marketing.� �Scientists are developing seed transfer zones (STZ�s) for important species that will define and limit the areas where seed can be moved.� These seed transfer zones are also being used for the movement of native collections directly to the market.�� There is also a proliferation in local source collection contracts in the immediate vicinity of projects such as mines, highways, fires, and other disturbances.� This presentation briefly reviews examples of these activities and the proactive roles that the seed industry can play in moving the national seed strategy forward.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.