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Interagency Colorado Plateau Native Seed Increase Contracts

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The Interagency Colorado Plateau Native Seed Increase Contracts, managed by the Department of the Interior, aim to expand the commercial supply of native seeds across Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. These contracts address a critical market gap where commercial production fails to meet federal needs for managing native vegetation, particularly for post-fire and disaster recovery. By recruiting local growers and reducing their initial production risks, the initiative seeks to lower government costs, stabilize the market, and increase the variety of available species to ensure the restoration of functioning ecosystems. The program specifically focuses on seed stocks tailored for the Colorado Plateau to ensure drought resilience during the region's ongoing mega drought. These seeds are developed for use across Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service lands, supporting range improvement and minerals reclamation. This forecast, categorized under NAICS code 111998, emphasizes the necessity of using site-specific native plants over non-native or cultivated varieties to maintain ecological integrity in the Southwest.

General Info

DOI contracts local growers to increase native seed supply for Colorado Plateau restoration.

Agency

Department of the Interior

NAICS

111998 - All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming

Place of Performance

CO, USA

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PostedAug 14

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AgencyDepartment of the Interior

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Organization / Agency

Department of the Interior

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Diane Barker

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Jennifer Rodman-Snyder

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Full Description

Interagency seed increase contracts for the Colorado Plateau including portions of UT, CO, NM, and AZ. Since 2001, on a bipartisan basis, Congress has recognized the commercial market does not produce an adequate supply of native seed to meet the federal government’s need to manage native vegetation. In addition to meeting an immediate need to increase the seed supply for post fire and disaster recovery, seed increase contracts are part of a larger strategy to lower government seeding costs by creating a stable market and improving the effectiveness of seeding projects. These seed increase contracts improve the variety of species commercially available, help recruit local growers by lowering their initial production risk, and help prevent market volatility. Without these contracts DOI agencies will be forced to continue to rely on a handful of easy to produce non-native species, and cultivated varieties that, based on the best available science, do not restore and maintain functioning ecosystems. Native plants are not like weeds that can grow anywhere. The Southwest is currently experiencing a 20-year mega drought. Seed stocks for the Colorado Plateau are specifically selected for the growing conditions including drought resilience. Because of the high concentration of National Parks in the region, seed stocks are developed to be used on both BLM and NPS managed lands, range improvement, and minerals reclamation.