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Reforestation: It All Starts With A Seed

Reforestation: It All Starts With A Seed

Update: 2024-09-04
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Dr. Joshua Sloan and Rachael Foe discuss the process of conifer seed selection and harvest for reforestation efforts in the Southwest, from selecting the parent trees and scouting for good cone crops to climbing the trees and collecting cones. Did you know some forest stands only produce a viable seed crop once every decade? Learn how you could help scout for cones through a new app from the New Mexico Reforestation Center.



Relevant links:

Related podcast episode: After-Fire Reforestation: The John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center 

Cone Collector and Observations App and other resources

Seedlot Selection Tool

Info about the New Mexico Reforestation Center


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DOI Southwest CASC:
https://www.swcasc.arizona.edu/ 
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https://southwestbeef.org/ 

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Reforestation: It All Starts With A Seed

Reforestation: It All Starts With A Seed

USDA Southwest Climate Hub & DOI Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center